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calliard (iou) and picayune (iou)


calliard (iou)



calliard noun. dial. L18.
[Origin unkn.]
A hard smooth flinty gritstone.

picayune (iou)



picayune noun & adjective. N. Amer. E19.

A. noun. Orig. (in the southern US), a Spanish half-real, worth 6 1 / 4 cents. Now, a five-cent piece or Other coin of small value; colloq. an insignificant or mean person or thing. E19.
M. G. Eberhart His life wouldn't be worth a picayune.
b. adjective. Mean, contemptible, insignificant. colloq. E19.
A. Hutschnecker To get lost in picayune trifles was interfering with his performance.
picayunish adjective (colloq.) = PICAYUNE adjective M19.