pistareen

English

Alternative forms

• pisterine

Etymology

Probably a corruption of the Spanish peseta +‎ -een.

Noun

pistareen (plural pistareens)

1. (now historical) A Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century. [from 18th c.]
   • 1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 5, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I:

     [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 […] .

Anagrams

• aperients, episterna, perinates, pineaster, sparteine