English Explanatory Dictionary

pistareen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century.

Word forms

pistareen pistareens pisterine

Etymology

Probably a corruption of the Spanish peseta + -een.

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