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Definition of Pistareens
1. pistareen [n] - See also: pistareen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistareens
Literary usage of Pistareens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Village Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools by George Merriam, Charles Merriam (1841)
"The Four pistareens. 1. YOUNG persons are too apt to suppose that little
circumstances,-which happen every day, and little temptations, to which they daily ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1774 So I gave pistareens enough among the children to have Letters,' p. ...
1782 Eight or ten pistareens, together with a quantity of small the genteelest ..."
3. Review of the Proceedings of the Legislature of Lower Canada in the Session by Andrew Stuart (1832)
"In point of fact the holders of these pistareens had given no more labour for
... Now by the hill, as reported by the committee, all the pistareens in the ..."
4. Thoughts on the Money and Exchanges of Lower Canada by Henry Samuel Chapman (1832)
"In amount they exhibit an excess over pistareens of 21 per cent., and in point
of depreciation they are 2 per cent. worse. It is, therefore, strange that in ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1842)
"pistareens paid in at 4 to the dollar, and re-issued at 5 to the dollar. Received,
Paid out, At Havana. Port Principe. Santiago. Total. ..."
6. The History of Freemasonry in Canada: From Its Introduction in 1749 by John Ross Robertson (1900)
"After 1820 Canada was flooded with pistareens, so that about 1830 both provinces
... Old brethren of 1820-23 invariably paid their dues in pistareens, ..."
7. Oriental Commerce, Or, The East India Trader's Complete Guide: Containing a by William Milburn, Thomas Thornton (1825)
"Quarter pistareens 50 J Do. The gold coins of Portugal do not pass current on
the Island. The copper coins are pieces of 5, 10, and 20 reas, being the •£$ ..."
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