| 单词 | pin money |
| 例句 | “I forbid you to take another thing out of this house! Starting tomorrow, you’ll have your own bank account, for pin money,” he said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I used to write cryptic puzzles for pin money, I don’t think I ever wrote any as tricky and compelling as “The Underlying Chris.” Review: In ‘The Underlying Chris,’ You Are Who You Were 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z “The new villain was the woman who worked for ‘pin money’” — extra cash they didn’t need, Collins writes. Women of a Certain Age, Gail Collins Has Your Back 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z By the 60s, it was thought that a woman at work was either looking for a husband, or earning pin money. Why women shouldn't be campaigning for equal pay 2010-09-24T06:00:00Z Just the thing for a former Midwesterner without pin money for roulette. Exploring a Riviera Gem, From Seaside to Hilltop 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z While the employment of single and unmarried women had largely won social acceptance, married women often suffered the stigma that they were working for pin money—frivolous additional discretionary income. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Writing for Schoolsweek, former government adviser on education Jonathan Simons said Mr Hammond's announcement was phrased "in the manner of which a 1950s husband may have given his wife some pin money". Anger over 'little extras' for schools 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z While Boulogne relied on pin money, Calais relied on needle – or more exactly bobbin – money. How the 'Jungle' Migrant Camp Fits Into the History of Calais 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z What is his treating himself to a personal purchase with his hard earned money is me treating myself with my pin money. Becoming a 'housewife' taught me who really controlled the money 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z In summary, most authors get nothing from their publishers for their work except bragging rights at cocktail parties and occasional pin money. Amazon, The Creative Destruction Of Publishers And Book Shops 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z A more positive spin is that Centrica is sensibly buying an option on shale for pin money. Centrica's investment puts UK shale in spotlight 2013-06-13T17:03:39Z They paid about £1bn for the site and maybe that was just pin money to them. Qatar shelves controversial Chelsea Barracks scheme as UK economy stalls 2013-01-28T16:22:29Z What is a fair allowance for the girl with which to purchase her clothes and for her pin money? Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z And every so often he will say, 'Would you like some pin money?' The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z She had to have pin money and clothes. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z She had kept herself in pin money by tutoring, but lately she had made an alarming discovery. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z The fines have also completely lapsed, and those who collect the ‘pin money’ are completely ignorant of its origin. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Not so much, of course, for some folks, but for her, you see, it’s just pin money, to do as she likes with. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z That's pin money for you and your mother; and you go on making more while you stay on the stage, as a spider winds silvery thread out of itself. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z “Most of the persons involved are new employes who smuggled small pieces of brass out of the factory and turned them over to Sweeper Joe for pin money,” he revealed. Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z People still pin money on the statue for charity. Our Towns: Immigrants of Two Eras Join Together to Celebrate 2010-08-30T02:24:00Z They started setting it up for pin money at high school dances, and then for events at Franklin & Marshall College, in Lancaster. 2010-01-28T08:08:00Z “Enough to keep him in pin money for some time,” replied Lefty, still skeptical. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager With this assurance, you can afford to use the present check as pin money. Where the Path Breaks But it was possible, for a thousand dollars was only pin money to the millions which Mrs. Van Verity Vanness controlled. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines Well, Tom, this isn't ten millions, but it's some pin money, and I guess to you it looks bigger than the other. Making Money With my pin money, and my bridge money and all the other kinds of money that I could wheedle out of my dear old daddy. International Short Stories American At that time my cash allowance for pin money was twenty-five cents a week. Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer "And the chance of having to beg for your carfare and pin money." The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man She told, too, what Tess did each month with her own pin money, and the next allowance day Tess was surprised to find an extra half dollar in her envelope. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in Since all boys of eleven must have at least a little spending money, Warren, as Mr. Harding was then called, found that setting type was his easiest way to earn pin money. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades Yet in years gone by France had allowed her four million francs of pin money, and the royal allowance was twenty-five millions of francs per annum. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck Moreover, the lady must have a brougham and liberal pin money, or four or five domestic servants and a drawing-room well furnished with works of art and costly decorations. A Book About Lawyers He also generously equipped me financially—"Just a little pin money for you," as he charmingly expressed it. The Greater Love How much of your pin money goes each month to charity already? The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in I am teaching here summers to get pin money. The Eagle's Heart A very nice little sum for pin money, but quite useless for our purposes. Flaming June You understand—that is only a little extra pin money. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life He has no more notion, my dear Tom, of a modern "good match," than Eve had of pin money. John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts "I'll give some of my pin money, too," announced Dot, gravely, "if it will keep Mrs. Eland from being turned out of the horsepistol." The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in "My God, Cora," he cried, "I can't take this—your pin money!" The Henchman It will take all my pin money for a month. A Sweet Little Maid Come now, Mamma Lacombe; to quiet your honest scruples, we shall say sixty francs per month for your pin money, and throw a superb shawl into the bargain. A Cardinal Sin Her supply of pin money is painfully small, judged by the standard which has hitherto been her guide. The Spinster Book If it can be made successful, sericulture offers by far the best opportunity to country girls to earn their own pin money, or even their own living. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside "I have no debentures of any kind; I have not even pin money." Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope Many a farmer's wife finds her poultry flock a never-failing source of pin money. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry She has made great terms for herself; her pin money is 1,500. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life And you can bet all your pin money, Miss Gower, that this man's heart and lungs and nerves are away above par or he would never have got his wings. Poor Man's Rock It is universally conceded that this is an abuse, and that many women look upon election service as a source of pin money to a degree that is undesirable. Woman in Modern Society I have another five hundred a year of my own," said Agnes obstinately, "which Hubert settled on me for pin money. Red Money The twelve thousand dollars a month were for what the ladies call pin money. The Empire of Russia Slower, subtler, but more striking was the change in Zora, as she began to earn bits of pin money in the office and to learn to sew. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel The records of Pepperell, Mass., show that many women saved their pin money, and sent out little ventures in the ships built at home and sailing to all ports with fish. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future Every time her husband handed over her allowance of pin money, she put at least half of it in her "strong box." Idle Hour Stories This he had decided to hand over to Selma as pin money. Unleavened Bread A fellow like Cameron can allow his wife more for pin money than my whole years pay will come to. Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor For Mrs. Thurston could give her daughters only five dollars a month apiece for their pin money. The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies Perhaps you have saved up the amount from your pin money? Round the Block We boys would sell things from the garden for amusement and pin money. Out of Doors—California and Oregon If he asks: "Should a wife have pin money?" or "What is the easiest way for a woman to earn a living?" he ceases to receive answers after a short time. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers Why, two of the married men who come to see me regularly give me more than they give their wives for pin money. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise But these sums were but a small part of their income, were merely pin money for their wives and children. The Conflict And she—she had scarcely enough pin money to indulge in such outings as this a few times a month. Sister Carrie: a Novel There was five hundred a year settled on me for pin money; and five hundred a year for papa, settled somehow. The Lovels of Arden Alexina at that time thought every sentiment he expressed "simply great," and had continued to feed from her mother's hand even in the matter of pin money. The Sisters-In-Law However, here is the housekeeping money and your pin money. Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger You have five hundred dollars pin money to spend as you like; but I have no pin money. Married The gardener, therefore, went to the city, every morning, with a load of vegetables, which brought from eight to ten dollars daily, and this the madam took for "pin money." Thirty Years a Slave Five hundred pounds a year of pin money were allowed to her until her majority, "to be expended with the approval of her guardian." A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story They sent me a thousand—just for pin money, they said. Oh, Money! Money! I had also, in my purse, 100 scudi in gold, which I had saved from my pin money. Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal And yet, by reason of some crank, crotchet or perverse notion, Embury was unwilling to give his wife what is known as "pin money." Raspberry Jam And she— she had scarcely enough pin money to indulge in such outings as this a few times a month. Sister Carrie When I started," she blurted out with a bitter little laugh, "I thought I'd make a little pin money. Constance Dunlap Money—yes; pin money: a couple of hundred thousand, perhaps. The American Claimant But he came again and again, demanding money which she saved from her pin money, from her household allowance, thus taking what she had intended to use to redeem her jewels. The Case of the Lamp That Went Out "A couple of hundred thousand dollars! do you call that pin money?" The American Claimant |
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