銭ぜに遣づかい

noun

spending money; way of spending money

Dated term for how one spends money, often with a nuance of small or loose change. Compare with 金遣い, which is the modern, general term.

See also: 金遣い

• 彼かれは銭ぜに遣づかいが荒あらい。

  He is a lavish spender (of small money).

• 昔むかしの人ひとは銭ぜに遣づかいに細こまかかった。

  People in the old days were meticulous about how they spent their money.