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pis·ta·reen (pis′tə rēn)

noun

a former Spanish silver coin of the American colonies and the West Indies

Etymology: prob. orig. < dim. of peseta

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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