pickaroon

/ (ˌpɪkəˈruːn) /

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noun

a variant spelling of picaroon

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Words nearby pickaroon

pick-and-roll, pick-and-shovel, pickaninny, pick apart, pick a quarrel, pickaroon, pick at, pickax, pickaxe, picked, picked over

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How to use pickaroon in a sentence

I'll go very fast so that I not say it, for I am only old Pickaroon, and he is fine gentlemans!
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"This seems to be your busy day, Pickaroon," suggested the overseer.
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When they called him "Pickaroon" it seemed to him that they were making a play-fellow of him.
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Men curved their palms at their ears, wondering what old Pickaroon could have to say in City Hall.
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