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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Picayune \Pic`a*yune"\, n. [From the language of the Caribs.]
A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See
{Fippenny bit}. [Local, U.S.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
picayune
adj : (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling
sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are
lilliputian compared with those of countries that are
at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over
niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises";
"piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free
meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a
picayune infraction" [syn: {fiddling}, {footling}, {lilliputian},
{little}, {niggling}, {piddling}, {piffling}, {petty},
{trivial}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Picayune, MS (city, FIPS 57160)
Location: 30.52875 N, 89.67833 W
Population (1990): 10633 (4322 housing units)
Area: 30.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 39466
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