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pilon
[ pee-lohn ]
noun
, Southwestern U.S. (chiefly Texas).
- something extra; lagniappe.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pilon1
1880–85; Americanism; < Mexican Spanish pilón literally, trough, mortar, Spanish: derivative of pila basin, trough < Latin pīla mortar
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Example Sentences
Then there was J. Alexander Pilon, a New York University student whose involvement in the protest was less calculated.
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One also sees in France many works by Germain Pilon, who died in 1590.
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An urchin who was looking on offered to go and find Pre Pilon.
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Pilon is the psychologist who has the most forcibly demonstrated that resemblance acts before being perceived.
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In ten minutes' time he came back, and announced that Pre Pilon was at his breakfast.
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Caton met aussi la pile et le pilon, au nombre des meubles rustiques de son temps.
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