ˈpocket-ˌmoney
Money carried in the pocket for occasional expenses; esp. that allowed to those who have no other money under their control, as schoolchildren.
| 1632 Lithgow Trav. viii. 345 We were both robbed of our cloaks and pocket-moneys. a 1735 Arbuthnot John Bull iii. xx, One Monday-Morning..he came, as usual, to bring John Bull his Weekly Pocket-Money. 1838 Lytton Alice ii. ii, He inquired compassionately, whether she was allowed any pocket-money? 1883 Trollope Autobiog. (ed. 2) I. i. 13 Every boy had a shilling a week pocket-money, which we called battels, and which was advanced to us out of the pocket of the second master. 1892 A. W. Pinero Magistrate iii. i. 114 All my pocket money is in my overcoat at the Hôtel des Princes. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (1935) xii. 89 They made pocket-money during their service, if they were ingenious. 1973 Times 13 Dec. 21/7 Baroness Marie-Anne..bought from her pocket money Van Gogh's ‘L'arlésienne’. |
| attrib. 1838 Dickens Nich. Nick. i, On pocket-money day, that is to say, on Saturday. 1901 Daily Chron. 14 June 6/3 His advice to women was, ‘Don't take up pocket-money work’. 1979 Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVII. 135/2 We already live in a pocket-money economy where essentials are provided and we work for the extras. |
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ˈpocket-ˌmoneyless a.| 1925 A. S. M. Hutchinson One Increasing Purpose i. xv. 90 The kind of children, well-bred, entirely pocket⁓moneyless, that retired Anglo-Indians often have. |