The story
Blend of spare + change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “[can you] spare any change?”
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?” Full definition →
Today it means: To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?” Full definition →
Blend of spare + change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “[can you] spare any change?”
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.