pocket change
Jingling trouser currency
Pocket change is a small amount of money, especially coins you might carry loosely in your pocket.
The phrase almost always appears figuratively to suggest an insignificant sum: A thousand dollars is pocket change to someone that wealthy.
What counts as pocket change depends entirely on context—it's whatever amount the speaker considers trivial.
- pennyOne-cent piece
- small potatoesInsignificant things or people
- piggy bankCoin-slot savings container
- penny jarContainer for loose coins
- coinsMetal money units
quarter · dime · bus fare · jingling · arcade game · nickel · couch · couch cushions · street vendor · laundromat · fractional currency · tip · coffee money · vending · beer money · walking around money · rainy day fund · spare
pocket changefortune
Wealth or destiny
wealth · big bucks · megabucks · king's ransom · millions
pocket changeserious money
Large sums of cash
real money · high stakes · big deal · big-ticket item · capital
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