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picayune

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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