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If something is described as picayune, what is meant?

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If something is described as picayune, what is meant?
posted Jan 11, 2022 by Aastha Joshi

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It is small and insignificant
A 'picayune' was a coin of low monetary value in the 19th-century American South. It derives from the Occitan word for a small jingling coin.

answer Jan 12, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni
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