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small change

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noun
  1. coins of small denomination.
  2. someone or something insignificant or trifling: Those people are small change.
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Origin of small change

First recorded in 1810–20
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  • We refer not to small-change, reader, but to physical, material change.

    The Golden Dream

    R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for small change

small change

noun
  1. coins, esp those of low value
  2. a person or thing that is not outstanding or important
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