picaroon
Example Sentences
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That there picaroon that we sunk to-day was as large a craft as I ever heard o' their usin'.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard
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 Tyrone Power
In case you may not know, a picaroon is like a single-bladed ax on a regular ax handle, except most of the ax blade is cut away, leaving only a pick instead of a blade.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Clarence Edgar Johnson
I stopped 'em back there a ways with my picaroon, when they sung out, an' they walked down here on the side planks.
From The Spinner's Book of Fiction by Various
"Hurrah!" arose in a general roar from the crew of the Noank, more than one voice adding, vociferously, the desire that was felt to smash the picaroon.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard
