Picayune
[,pɪkə'juːn] or [,pɪkə'jʊn]
Definition
(n.) A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit.
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Definition
n. a small coin worth 6?cents current in United States before 1857 and known in different states by different names (fourpence fippence fip sixpence &c.).—adj. petty.
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Examples
- There's a picayune for you to buy candy with, Dodo, said Henrique; go get some. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- So he felt a moment; and then he smoked a cigar, and read the Picayune, and forgot his little gospel. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- If we were only _there_, our chances wouldn't be worth a picayune. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I give him a picayune, now and then; and you see he dresses well. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I can learn what does me as much good as that from the Picayune, any time, and smoke a cigar besides; which I can't do, you know, in a church. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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