Etymology: Occitan picaioun, a small coin, from picaio money, from pica to jingle, of imitative originDate: 18041 a: a Spanish half real piece formerly current in the South b: half dime2: something trivial Originally pronounced something rhyming with “Pick a yoon,” the prevalence of this word in the titles of so many newspapers seems to…
Meaghan Walsh Gerard
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