pocket change in English

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      "expansion": "pocket change (uncountable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The cost of a wedding is pocket change to a millionaire."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Gardening at Night”, in Chronic Town",
          "text": "I see your money on the floor / I felt the pocket change through all",
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      "glosses": [
        "An insignificant amount of money."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) An insignificant amount of money."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "pocket change"
}

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        {
          "text": "The cost of a wedding is pocket change to a millionaire."
        },
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          "ref": "1982, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Gardening at Night”, in Chronic Town",
          "text": "I see your money on the floor / I felt the pocket change through all",
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      ],
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        "An insignificant amount of money."
      ],
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          "amount"
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        "(colloquial) An insignificant amount of money."
      ],
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  "word": "pocket change"
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"pocket change" meaning in English

Noun