picaroon
/pik-uh-roon/US // ˌpɪk əˈrun //UK // (ˌpɪkəˈruːn) //
皮卡龙,皮卡隆,皮卡洛恩
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- : a pirate or corsair.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
But I never believed in them as devoutly as I believed in the destruction of that infernal picaroon.
I observed wretched devils playing here, whose whole standing kit would not have brought a picaroon at vendue.
On the way from Genoa to Messina Irving's vessel was boarded by a piratical picaroon.
MacRae threw open his hatches and counted the salmon as they came flipping off the point of a picaroon.
Picaroon, a pirate or buccaneer originally; now an ordinary thief.
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