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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Picaroon.
 
A pirate; one who plunders wrecks. (French, picoreur, picorer, to plunder; Scotch, pikary, rapine; Spanish, picaron, a villain.)   1
 


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