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pilon

[pee-lohn]
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noun Southwestern U.S. (chiefly Texas ).

something extra; lagniappe.

Origin of pilon

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

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

Word Origin and History for pilon
n.

1892, from Mexican Spanish, from Spanish pilón "sugar loaf."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper