What does it mean?
A: How long has it been since your wife left?
B: Four months, three weeks, four days, six hours, and change. Let's just call it six hours.

What is "and change"?

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What does it mean?
A: How long has it been since your wife left?
B: Four months, three weeks, four days, six hours, and change. Let's just call it six hours.

What is "and change"?

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I also am a native speaker of English, and the expression "and change" is common here in the US.

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“And change” in this context means “and a little more”.  The amount more would be less than one hour in this case.

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I am a native english speaker and have  never heard that phrase, definitely not common

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I think it's like "small change" when you are speaking of money. You might say, " It cost £250 and change", meaning £250 and some pennies. In this case, it would mean "some minutes".

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"and change" in this context means an additional, but uncertain, amount.
example: I have been teaching English for 14 years and change (exactly 14 years, 4 months)

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