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pilon

[ pee-lohn ]
/ piˈloʊn /

noun Southwestern U.S. (chiefly Texas).

something extra; lagniappe.

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Origin of pilon

1880–85; Americanism;<Mexican Spanish pilón literally, trough, mortar, Spanish: derivative of pila basin, trough <Latin pīla mortar

Words nearby pilon

piloid, pilojection, pilomatrixoma, pilomotor, pilomotor reflex, pilon, pilonidal, pilonidal sinus, Pilos, pilose, pilosebaceous
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Example sentences from the Web for pilon

  • A shove sent the boat adrift, and the oarsman plied it rapidly toward the Pilon.

    Dumas' Paris|Francis Miltoun

  • Pilon is the psychologist who has the most forcibly demonstrated that resemblance acts before being perceived.

    The Mind and the Brain|Alfred Binet

  • An urchin who was looking on offered to go and find Pre Pilon.

    Sentimental Education Vol 1|Gustave Flaubert