His non-fiction deals primarily with sport and true crime. His other novels Fullalove and The North of England Home Service appeared in 19 respectively. His novel Alma Cogan (1991), which imagined the future life of the British singer Alma Cogan had she not died in the 1960s, won the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel. Send us feedback about these examples.Gordon Burn was an English writer born in Newcastle upon Tyne and the author of four novels and several works of non-fiction.īurn's novels deal with issues of modern fame and faded celebrity, as well as life through a media lens. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'pocket money.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2021 The earnings helped pay for his textbooks and gave him pocket money to start riding the bus to school. James Simms, Forbes, 8 June 2022 San Francisco gangsters offered Eddy and his friends pocket money to run errands. Eric Olson, Chron, 30 June 2022 Keiichi Shibahara went from making pocket money on wine arbitrage to building Japan’s most valuable hospice care firm Amvis. 2022 What was envisioned as a way for college athletes to make some pocket money based on their celebrity has turned into bidding wars for top recruits and transfers who can command millions for their services. 2022 In fact, Brooklyn even held a job at a local café in order to earn pocket money. 2022 Children use their Kard account to spend pocket money or get paid for selling clothes online, while parents use the app to set spending limits and understand their offspring’s shopping habits.
2023 Additionally, being a political contender requires us to pay a lot of out-of- pocket money. Recent Examples on the Web John Peel aside, the most interesting bands weren’t played on the radio and records were too expensive to gamble my pocket money on without hearing them first, so the press was really important.