small change


noun

coins of small denomination.
someone or something insignificant or trifling: Those people are small change.

Origin of small change

First recorded in 1810–20

Example sentences from the Web for small change

  • 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

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