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Meaning
Noun
●
In Louisiana English:
A small
coin
of the value of six-and-a-quarter
cents
; a Spanish
coin
with a value of
half
a
real
; a
fippenny
bit.
●
A
coin
worth
five
cents
(a
nickel
) or some other low value.
●
A person
regarded
as
unworthy
of
respect
or
useless
; also, something of very little value; a trifle.
●
An
argument
,
fact
, or other
issue
raised
(often
intentionally
) that
distracts
from a
larger
issue
or
fails
to make any difference.
Adj
●
Of little
consequence
; small and of little
importance
;
petty
, trivial.
●
Childishly
spiteful
;
tending
to go
on about
unimportant
things; small-minded.
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Synonyms
Nonentity
Trifle
Picayunish
Insignificant
Peevish
Petty
Related
Trifling
Banal
Prolix
Pedantic
Glib
Inane
Frivolous
Abstruse
Fatuous
Pernickety
Gazette
Quotidian
Prosaic
Partisan
Parochial
Pettifogging
Vacuous
Facile
Hairsplitting
Captious
Semantics
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Rhymes
Poon
Loon
Hoon
June
Noon
Rune
Coon
Goon
Moon
Dune
Hoon
Tune
Moon
Foon
Soon
Boon
Choon
Spoon
Swoon
Croon
Prune
Chewn
Reune
Strewn
Tycoon
Repugn
Intune
Unhewn
Maroon
Oppugn
Baboon
Attune
Immune
Saloon
Entune
Aswoon
Walloon
Raccoon
Festoon
Typhoon
Harpoon
Cartoon
Buffoon
Balloon
Patroon
Bassoon
Monsoon
Dragoon
Unstrewn
Doubloon
Picaroon
Picayune
Cameroon
Macaroon
Reattune
Afternoon
Brigadoon
Pantaloon
Vinegaroon
Premonsoon
Granfalloon
Trial Balloon
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