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picayune Definition


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picayune (colloq)
noun
    1. Anything of little or no value.
    2. Any small coin of little value, especially a five-cent piece.
adj
    1. Petty; trifling.
Etymology: 19c: from Provençal picaioun, an old Piedmontese copper coin.



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