Pistareen
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century. historical
"[T]hose poor souls never had more than nine pence per day, and seldom more than six pence, from their masters or owners, though they earned them three or four pisterines […]."
Example
More examples"[T]hose poor souls never had more than nine pence per day, and seldom more than six pence, from their masters or owners, though they earned them three or four pisterines […]."
Etymology
Probably a corruption of the Spanish peseta + -een.