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Money immediately began pouring in, ranging from fans able to make a five-figure pledge to children donating their pocket money.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Getting $10 pocket money for mowing the neighbor’s lawn is so last year.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
We were given weekly pocket money but were expected to work for it with chores around the house.
—refinery29.com, 12 Apr. 2024
But middle-class parents could also afford to pay a few bucks to the kid down the block, who—as companies were marketing products, more and more, to youths—now had a reason to want pocket money.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1625, in the meaning defined above
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“Pocket money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pocket%20money. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
pocket money
noun
: money for small personal expenses
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