Crossword-Solution: PISTAREEN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pistareen | n. | An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PISTAREEN | anagram | SPARTEINE |
We have 1 clue for the answer “PISTAREEN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Spanish coin, used in the US and the West Indies until the 18th century | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZEMCAE
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eruption
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Sentences with PISTAREEN (5)
But every time I ask him to change a pistareen, or give me two fo'pencehappennies for a ninepence, or help me to make out two and thrippence (mark the old Master's archaisms about the currency), what does the fellow do but put his hand in his pocket and pull out an old Roman coin; I have no change, says he, but this assarion of Diocletian.
These passed by such names as the Joe or Johannes, the doubloon, pistole, moidore, guinea, crown, dollar, shilling, sixpence, pistareen, penny.
Hast ever that pistareen about thee?" This question, which was put in a lowered tone, and only to the ear of the party concerned, was answered in the affirmative.
There are a great many folks in the world who, like this pistareen, pass themselves off, or try to pass themselves off, for more than their real value.
Whenever I hear a boy asking somebody to write a composition for him, or to help him write one, which he intends to palm off as his own, or see him jog the boy that sits next him in the school-room, to get some help in reciting a bad lesson, I think of the pistareen, and want very much to caution the little fellow not to pass for more than he is worth.