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picayune

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He elaborated on the wellsprings of the tradition in an interview with me in 1989 for a Times-Picayune article.

In addition to the Star-Ledger, Advance Publications owns, among other things, The Times-Picayune in New Orleans.

The administration enthusiastically traded winning the future for a picayune present gain.

To see just how picayune the debate got, take a look at the opinions.

Then came the unspeakable moment just a few months ago when I came across an obscure item in The Times-Picayune.

"Picayune Butler's coming, coming" has upset my nervous system.

See here, old woman, if youve got some little picayune payment to make, make it and clear out.

They smile a grim smile in their grizzled beards at the fuss which has been made over this "picayune war," as they call it.

Now this Lane proposition is a little bit of a thing; it's picayune; I should live right along if I didn't get it.

I should not be surprised to see him supersede Picayune Butler.

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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to picayune, such as: diminutive, everyday, frivolous, immaterial, incidental, and inconsequential.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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