small change
Noun
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Noun
small change (uncountable)
- Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag.
- (idiomatic) A minor or insignificant amount of money.
- The cost of toothpaste is small change compared to the cost of dental work.
- (idiomatic, by extension) A person or thing of little importance or value.
- 1988 Dec. 14, Vincent Canby, "Movie Review: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ↗," New York Times (retrieved 25 May 2016):
- He's a self-satisfied klutz who aspires to be a con artist. . . . Compared with Lawrence, Freddy is small change.
- 1988 Dec. 14, Vincent Canby, "Movie Review: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ↗," New York Times (retrieved 25 May 2016):
- (coins of little value) loose change, spare change, shrapnel (slang)
- (minor or insignificant amount of money) chump change
- (person or thing of little importance or value) small potatoes
- French: petite monnaie
- German: Kleingeld
- Italian: spiccioli
- Portuguese: trocado
- Russian: ме́лочь
- Spanish: cambio, calderilla f (Spain), chatarra f (Spain), feria f (Northern Mexico), menudo m (Caribbean Islands), morralla f (Mexico), sencillo m (Bolivia), suelto m (Ecuador), vuelto m (Southeastern Mexico)
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