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PICAYUNE

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 579 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PICAYUNE , the name in See also:

Florida and See also:Louisiana of the See also:Spanish See also:half-real, = , of a See also:dollar, 64 cents. and hence used of the See also:United States 5 cent piece. The See also:French picaillon, from which the word was adapted in See also:America, was an old See also:copper See also:coin of See also:Piedmont. Its origin is doubtful, but is possibly related to the See also:Italian See also:piccolo, little, small. In America the word is used of anything trifling, See also:petty, mean or contemptible.

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