pistareen
/pɪstəˈriːn/noun
A small Spanish silver coin formerly in circulation chiefly in central and southern N. America and the Caribbean. Now historical.
adjective
Petty, paltry; of little value. Compare picayune. Now rare and literary.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in The Pennsylvania Gazette. Apparently alteration of Spanish peseta peseta + -een, after nouns ending in -reen.
- Merchant, Ismail
- merchantlike
- merchantly
- merchantman
- merchant marine
- merchant mariner
- merchant mill
- merchant navy
- merchant prince
- merchant-princely
- merchant princess
- merchantry
- merchants' accounts
- merchant's mark
- merchant stranger
- merchant strangers
- merchant tailor
- Merchant Taylor
- merchant venturer
- merchet
- Mercia
- merciable
- Mercian
- merciful
- mercifully