picaroon

Example Sentences

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Oh, don't pause, sister!" squeaked terrified Julie, "here's where that picaroon in the black mask was wont to hide.

From The ghosts of their ancestors by Mills, Weymer Jay

Nothing but the great need for secrecy had prevented more extended inland hospitalities to the brave Americanos who had destroyed the picaroon.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.

"Better than I did," says I, speaking on impulse, "for sure you are the strangest picaroon that ever cheated the gallows."

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery

The skipper peered beneath his palm and swore by the Great Horn Spoon: — "'Fore Gad, the Chaplain of the Fleet would bless my picaroon!"

From Verses 1889-1896 by Kipling, Rudyard

I observed wretched devils playing here, whose whole standing kit would not have brought a picaroon at vendue.

From Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Power, Tyrone