Pronounced: PEE-kuh-roh, noun
Notes: I’ve not run across this word
Yesterday’s word
The word snickersnee is “a large knife or sword”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1600s
Background / Comments
Our word used to be a phrase “snick or snee” (before it was compressed into our word). This phrase was originally “steake or snye”, a term used in pirate times to describe someone engaged in a sword and/or dagger fight. This phrase came from a Dutch term meaning “to thrust or cut”. In addition to the noun, our word is also a verb meaning to engage in such fights.
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