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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pik-uh-roon
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɪk əˈrun



Définition of picaroon

Origin :
  • 1620s, "rogue, thief, adventurer; pirate, sea-robber; small pirate ship," from Spanish picaron, augmentative of picaro "rogue" (see picaresque); also cf. -oon.
  • noun pirate
Example sentences :
  • Picaroon, a pirate or buccaneer originally; now an ordinary thief.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • He does little more than adopt that of the Spanish picaroon romance of the 16th and 17th century.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4 » by Various
  • If we go on in this manner, said he, we shall be the prey of every picaroon on the ocean.
  • Extract from : « Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.) » by Various
  • I stopped 'em back there a ways with my picaroon, when they sung out, an' they walked down here on the side planks.
  • Extract from : « The Spinner's Book of Fiction » by Various
  • MacRae threw open his hatches and counted the salmon as they came flipping off the point of a picaroon.
  • Extract from : « Poor Man's Rock » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • I observed wretched devils playing here, whose whole standing kit would not have brought a picaroon at vendue.
  • Extract from : « Impressions of America » by Tyrone Power

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