pin money \pin money\, noun:
- An allowance of money given by a husband to his wife for private and personal expenditures.
- Money for incidental expenses.
- A trivial sum.
Women's groups have contended that jobs that usually go to men pay more because of the old-fashioned idea that a man is supporting a family while a woman is merely working for pin money.-- Juan Williams, "A Question of Fairness",
Meaning of: Pin Money
Pin Money: Catharine Howard, wife of Henry VIII., introduced pins into England from France. As they were expensive at first, a separate sum for this luxury was granted to the ladies by their husbands. Hence the expression "pin-money."
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