pistareen

American  

[pis-tuh-reen] / ˌpɪs təˈrin /

noun

1. peseta.

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adjective

1. of little value or worth.

pistareen British  

/ ˌpɪstəˈriːn /

noun

1. a Spanish coin, used in the US and the West Indies until the 18th century

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Etymology

Origin of pistareen

1735–45, perhaps alteration of Spanish peseta peseta

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Example Sentences

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pistareen

Many were so worn that a pistareen would bring only a Yankee shilling, sixteen and two-thirds cents; the half-pistareen, only eight cents; the real, ten; the half-real, five.

From History of the United States, Volume 2 by Elisha Benjamin Andrews

The high Germans above us, like that Herkimer you saw here Tuesday, do you think they care a pistareen for the King?

From In the Valley by Harold Frederic

A pistareen was a Spanish coin worth about seventeen cents.

From Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 by Anna Green Winslow

So, if I may not believe in a "pistareen Providence," I must make a God of the universe itself, or pass into the hands of many Gods the world's creation and governance.

From Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays by Timothy Titcomb

Mr. Emerson becomes equally flippant and irreverent when he speaks of a "pistareen Providence."

From Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays by Timothy Titcomb

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