pistareen

English

Probably a corruption of the Spanish peseta +‎ -een.

pistareen (plural pistareens)

(now historical) A Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century. [from 18th c.]
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 5:
  [T]hose poor souls never had more than nine pence per day, and seldom more than six pence, from their masters or owners, though they earned them three or four pisterines […] .

单词	pistareen
释义	pistareen English Alternative forms pisterine Etymology Probably a corruption of the Spanish peseta +‎ -een. Noun pistareen (plural pistareens) (now historical) A Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century. [from 18th c.] 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 5: [T]hose poor souls never had more than nine pence per day, and seldom more than six pence, from their masters or owners, though they earned them three or four pisterines […] . Anagrams aperients, episterna, perinates, pineaster, sparteine
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