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Significados de picayune em inglês

(Informal) small and of little importance.

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Uso de picayune em inglês
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That is not patriotism, but a picayune partisanship which I profoundly pity.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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You kant show the poor man he's ever took a picayune from.
Snow-Bound at Eagle's
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No, sir, it's hot your picayune drop o' spirits that's talkin'-it'sme.
Stories from Everybody's Magazine
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He had no reason to think that Cissie cared a picayune about him.
Birthright: A Novel
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Then tossing her a picayune, he said, take that, Aunt Dilsey.
Tempest and Sunshine
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I wouldn't give a picayune to own one of those castles, back there.
The Second Violin
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Why should he bother about petty, picayune minds which could not understand this?
The Financier: A Novel
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Unless there are heirs she shall have every picayune of it!
Strange True Stories of Louisiana
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And all because you were so obstinate about your picayune Library!
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
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Ay, ay, and not one picayune of duty did we pay!
Lewis Rand
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His duties at the trust company began to seem picayune.
True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office
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She's mighty much upset about Isabel Souders, didn't care a picayune about Martin Landis.
Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
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The reasons people kill other people are almost endless, sometimes picayune, and often ridiculous.
Man in the Middle
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But look at the picayune amounts: $200 a month at most.
The long saturday night
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I'll bet a picayune it's just a girl's scare.
Empire Builders
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I'd like a fighting career well enough, but not picayune affairs out in India or Africa.
The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
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