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Definition of Pin money
1. Noun. Cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses.
Definition of Pin money
1. Noun. (idiomatic dated) A relatively small sum of cash kept in one's personal possession, for routine expenses or incidental purchases; an amount of money which is not particularly significant. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic dated) An allowance of money given by a man to his wife or to other dependents for their personal, discretionary use. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pin Money
Literary usage of Pin money
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Domestic Relations: Embracing Husband and Wife by James Schouler, Arthur Walker Blakemore (1921)
"The wife's pin-money constitutes a feature of English marriage ... Pin-money may
be defined as a certain provision for the wife's dress and pocket, ..."
2. The Rights and Liabilities of Husband and Wife by John Fraser Macqueen (1905)
"When wife presumed to waive pin- money. If she survive entitled only to one ...
Pin-money also differs from paraphernalia, inasmuch as it is enjoyed by the ..."
3. The Rights and Liabilities of Husband and Wife by John Fraser Macqueen (1905)
"When wife presumed to waive pin- money. If she survive entitled only to one ...
Pin-money also differs from paraphernalia, inasmuch as it is enjoyed by the ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"Again, if pin- money be in arrear, and the wife dies, her representatives cannot
sustain any claim for it whatever ; the ground of which rule is, ..."
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