pin money

Language: en

Meaning: ; (historical)Anallowanceofmoneygiven by amanto hiswifeor to otherdependentsfor theirpersonal,discretionaryuse.[from 16th c.]Synonyms:pocket money,spending money,walk-around money,walking-around moneyHypernym:allowanceMeronyms:pocket change,small change,loose changeNear-synonym:petty cash1723, Charles Walker,Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section VI:Damn you for a Son of a Bitch! Shall you wear such Things, and I wantPin-Money?1813January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XVII, inPride and Prejudice:[…], volume III, London:[…][George Sidney]forT[homas]Egerton,[…],→OCLC,page301:Good gracious! Lord bless me! only think! dear me! Mr. Darcy! Who would have thought it! And is it really true? Oh! my sweetest Lizzy! how rich and how great you will be! Whatpin money, what jewels, what carriages you will have!1886,George Gissing, chapter 27, inDemos: A Story of English Socialism:[H]e practised economy in the matter of his wife'spin-money.1911,David Graham Phillips, chapter 7, inThe Conflict:But these sums were but a small part of their income, were merelypin moneyfor their wives and children.1921, Baroness Orczy [i.e.,Emma Orczy], “On the Brink”, inCastles in the Air: Being the Adventures of M. Hector Ratichon, New York, N.Y.:George H[enry] Doran Company, published1922,→OCLC,§ 1,page75:Certain it is that out of the lavishpin-moneywhich her father gave her as a free gift from time to time, she only doled out a meagre allowance to her husband, and although she had everything she wanted, M. le Marquis on his side had often less than twenty francs in his pocket.; ; (idiomatic,dated)Arelativelysmallsumofcashkeptin one's personalpossessionforroutineexpensesorincidentalpurchases; anamountof money which is not particularlysignificant.[from 18th c.]Synonyms:pocket money,spending money,walk-around money,walking-around moneyMeronyms:pocket change,small change,loose changeCoordinate term:chump changeNear-synonym:petty cash1892,Mark Twain[pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter III, inThe American Claimant, New York, N.Y.:Charles L[uther] Webster & Co.,→OCLC,page43:"Money—yes;pin money: a couple of hundred thousand, perhaps. Not more." Washington's eyes blazed. "A couple of hundred thousand dollars! do you call thatpin money?"1906August,O. Henry[pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “A Ruler of Men”, inH[arry] P[eyton] S[teger], editor,Rolling Stones, Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & CompanyforReview of Reviews Co., published1915,→OCLC,page 9:"When did you leave Oklahoma? Where is Reddy McGill now? Why are you selling those impossible contraptions on the street?["][…]"A year ago," answered Kansas Bill systematically. "Putting up windmills in Arizona. Forpin moneyto buy etceteras with.["]1917,Christopher Morley, chapter 3, inParnassus on Wheels, New York, N.Y.:Grosset & Dunlap Publishers,→OCLC,page26:Andrew pays all the farm expenses, but the housekeeping accounts fall to me. I make a fairish amount ofpin moneyon my poultry and some of my preserves that I send to Boston,[…]

Examples:

EN: Now, in the interest of my client we're willing to take $25oo a week, but that's just mere pin money.
ES: En el interés de mi cliente estamos dispuestos a aceptar 2500, pero solo para empezar.
EN: Of course, you'll have to have a little pin money to spend on shore.
ES: También debéis llevar dinero para la juerga.
EN: Daddy dear, I need a little pin money to go shopping.
ES: Papi querido, necesito dinero para ir de compras.
EN: Mr. Howard is well-equipped. With pin money, just as he said.
ES: El Sr. Howard tiene mucho dinero, tal y como dijo.
EN: That's pin money, chicken's feet.
ES: Eso es dinero de alfiler, pies de pollo.
EN: You know, I swore I knew where that queen was every time. And they took $20 of my pin money just like that.
ES: Creía saber dónde estaba la reina y me costó 20 dólares equivocarme.
EN: Mrs Starbeck, how much pin money do you receive?
ES: Sra. Starbeck. ¿Qué paga semanal recibe de su marido?
EN: Two or 300,000 dollars I keep for pin money.
ES: Dos o 300.000 dólares lo guardo como dinero para gastos.
EN: No, let this take off, and it'll make our past profits look like pin money.
ES: No, publiquemos esto, y hagamos nuestras... ganancias con dinero seguro.
EN: Looking to invest a little pin money, sweetheart?
ES: Buscando invertir un poco de dinero, ¿Eh, cariño?
ES: Buscando invertir un poco de dinero, ¿Eh, cariño?
EN: Well, if you ask her just right, you can walk away with some nice pin money.
ES: Bueno, si le preguntas de la manera correcta, puedes obtener algo de dinero.
EN: But that's only pin money.
ES: Pero eso es sólo calderilla.
EN: It's only pin money.
ES: - Es solo calderilla.
EN: Shit work for pin money.
ES: Este trabajo de mierda por nada de plata.
EN: I pin money on him, and first thing he come at me?
ES: ¿Ponerle precio para que venga primero contra mí?

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