Talk:picaroon
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This is listed in John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873): "Picarone is Spanish for a thief, but this phrase does not necessarily mean anything dishonest, but is often used to mean readiness for anything in the way of excitement. It also means to be in search of anything profitable, without much care as to honesty or otherwise." The only citation I could find was from 1975, in The strange case of Deacon Brodie by Forbes Bramble (thus evidently using the old dictionary slang to evoke an earlier era): "Well, we were out on the pickaroon this afternoon, and staked out four or five. He has a job on them in Bridge Street where they are lowering the road." Equinox ◑ 02:07, 8 October 2020 (UTC)