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Definition of Picayunes
1. picayune [n] - See also: picayune
Lexicographical Neighbors of Picayunes
Literary usage of Picayunes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Iowa Journal of History by State Historical Society of Iowa (1910)
"Then the only change aside from barter consisted of bits and picayunes — the
former a piece of the eighth part of a Spanish milled dollar, cut with a chisel ..."
2. Incidents in the Life of Jacob Barker, of New Orleans, Louisiana: With by Jacob Barker (1855)
"The public will please to observe that the rule in the second municipality was
to allow prisoners three picayunes a day for such days as they labor on the ..."
3. The Rebellion: Its Consequences, and the Congressional Committee by Jacob Barker (1866)
"The public will please to observe that the rule in the Second Municipality was
to allow prisoners three picayunes a day for such days as they labor on the ..."
4. George Washington, Patriot, Soldier, Statesman, First President of the by James Albert Harrison (1906)
"... picayunes, and mill-dollars of the Spanish and New England coasts, and, above
all, the comical " shin- plasters " and faded paper, ..."
5. New Orleans as it was by Henry C. Castellanos (1905)
"It was amusing to hear the master of the shop calling his two familiars to aid
him in picking out the good from the bad picayunes and 'leven penny bits. ..."
6. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York by Solomon Northup (1855)
"He received his compensation, and usually I also returned with many picayunes
jingling in my pockets — the extra contributions of those to whose delight I ..."
7. The Bookman (1906)
"... and it nettled John and me, coming as we did from the biggest republic in the
world to the littlest, to be so trapped by these picayunes. ..."
8. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"... he pointed to the army and navy ; and said : " There you may retrench millions !
in the expenses of Congress, you retrench picayunes. ..."
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