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How to pronounce “picayune”
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Pronunciation guide for picayune
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of picayune with real speech in context.
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- The Innovators
Orleans "Times-Picayune"-- to just go up to people and say,
- Definition summary
- (especially Louisiana, historical) A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.
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How to pronounce picayune
The Innovators
Orleans "Times-Picayune"-- to just go up to people and say,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “picayune”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (especially Louisiana, historical) A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.
- (by extension, archaic) A coin worth five cents (a nickel) or some other low value.
- (figuratively, informal) A person regarded as unworthy of respect or useless; also, something of very little value; a trifle.
- (figuratively, informal) An argument, fact, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue or fails to make any difference.
- [Adjective]
- Of little consequence; small and of little importance; petty, trivial.
- Childishly spiteful; tending to go on about unimportant things; small-minded.
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