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He's nothing but a pistareen, and hardly that Some people pass themselves off for being very learned, when they are as ignorant as a horse-block.— Wreaths of Friendship A Gift for the Young
You are nothing but a pistareen, and rather smooth at that.— Wreaths of Friendship A Gift for the Young
Whenever I hear a boy asking somebody to write a composition for him, or to help him write one, which he intends to palm off as his own, or see him jog the boy that sits next him in the school-room, to get some help in reciting a bad lesson, I think of the pistareen, and want very much to caution the little fellow not to pass for more than he is worth.— Wreaths of Friendship A Gift for the Young
It took place near the Isle of Pines, south of the western part of Cuba Footnote 7: A doubloon was a Spanish gold coin, equal to $8.24 Footnote 8: A pistareen or peseta was equal to about 19 cents Footnote 9: Proctor.— Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents
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