picaroon

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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 Stoddard, W. O.

His helper forked up salmon with a picaroon.

From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney

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

But I never believed in them as devoutly as I believed in the destruction of that infernal picaroon.

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore

He, the picaroon, companion of rogues and small marauders, had seen many and diverse love affairs.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine