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| pic·a·yune [ pìkə yn ] |
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1. trifling: of very little importance
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2. small-minded: tending to fuss about unimportant things and to be childishly spiteful
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noun (plural pic·a·yunes) |
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1. trifling thing: something unimportant or of little value
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informal
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2. coins coin from Spanish America: a small silver coin formerly used in Spanish America, worth half of a real
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3. U.S. coins small coin: a low-value coin, especially a five-cent piece
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archaic informal
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| [Early 19th century. Via French picaillon, Piedmontese coin < Provençal picaioun] |
