picayune

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  1. adjective Of little value or importance; paltry. See Synonyms at trivial.
  2. adjective Petty; mean.
  3. noun A Spanish-American half-real piece formerly used in parts of the southern United States.
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  • My space is up, and I never got to write about abecedarian, mussitate, tetragram or picayune (also from Lindsey). —  AugustaChronicle.com: Top News and Blogs
  • That may seem like a picayune detail, but it's the loose thread that unravels mighty tapestries ... —  Comic Book Resources
  • But to be picayune, OT, and likely unpopular, I'll stick up a little for lawyers. —  RealClimate
  • Billy Sothernfor the Times-picayune, it describes his experience with getting robbed in the Marigny, reporting the robbery, and also alerting the 5th District cops that his wife's stolen cell phone was still being used, and offering them the number it was calling, after said theft. —  HumidCity
  • PERSONAL ASSISTANCE independent living alternatives. management trainee - picayune, ms job id #: 09-011r location: ms-hattiesburg functional area: sales company name: american general financial services .... —  Top Stories - Google News
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  1. Louisiana French picaillon, small coin, from French, from Provençal picaioun, from picaio, money, perhaps from Old Provençal piquar, to jingle, clink, from Vulgar Latin *piccāre, to pierce; see pique.

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  1. Prob. for *picayoon (with termination as doubloon, etc.), from French picaillon, a farthing, in slang use cash, “tin”; cf. Italian picciolino, a farthing; piccolo, little.
 

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