pickaroon

[pik-uh-roon]

noun, verb (used without object)

picaroon.

picaroon

or pick·a·roon

[pik-uh-roon]

noun

a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.

a pirate or corsair.

verb (used without object)

to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.

Origin of picaroon

1615–25; < Spanish picarón, augmentative of pícaro picaro

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Historical Examples of pickaroon

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

British Dictionary definitions for pickaroon

pickaroon

noun

a variant spelling of picaroon

picaroon

pickaroon

noun

archaic an adventurer or rogue

Word Origin for picaroon

C17: from Spanish picarón, from pícaro

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Word Origin and History for pickaroon

picaroon

1620s, "rogue, thief, adventurer; pirate, sea-robber; small pirate ship," from Spanish picaron, augmentative of picaro "rogue" (see picaresque); also cf. -oon.