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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peculium  \Pe*cu"li*um\,  n.  [L.  See  {Peculiar}.] 
  1.  (Rom.  Law)  The  saving  of  a  son  or  a  slave  with  the 
  father's  or  master's  consent;  a  little  property  or  stock 
  of  one's  own  any  exclusive  personal  or  separate  property. 
  --Burrill. 
 
  2.  A  special  fund  for  private  and  personal  uses. 
 
  A  slight  peculium  only  subtracted  to  supply  his 
  snuff  box  and  tobacco  pouch.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 

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