The Picaroon romance of Spain inspired Paul Scarron with the first of a long line of novels which, in the hands of Le Sage, Defoe, Fielding, and Smollett, enriched the literature of Europe with remarkable work.
One of the most noted of these occasions was the repulse of ten Picaroon barges that attacked the United States topsail schooner "Experiment," and a fleet of merchantmen under her charge.
In this peculiar style, which may perhaps be regarded as an irregular descendant of the picaroon romance, Murger has no rival; and he is also, though on no extensive scale, a poet of great pathos.
Le Sage, its first great novelist, in his Diable boiteux and Gil Blas, went to Spain not merely for his subject but also for his inspiration and manner, following the lead of the picaroon romance of Rojas and Scarron.
Now, I knew how many a half dozen was, but I didn't have the slightest idea what a picaroon looked like nor what it was used for.
In case you may not know, a picaroon is like a single-bladed ax on a regular ax handle, except most of the ax blade is cut away, leaving only a pick instead of a blade.
Then he made at once for the cabin where those two were; yet, even as he advanced swiftly, he paused to ask me if I had heard him speak a passing picaroon a quarter of an hour back.
If we go on in this manner, said he, we shall be the prey of every picaroon on the ocean.
Has a picaroon or a buccaneer ever been chastised by them?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "picaroon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: buccaneer; outlaw; pirate; privateer; thief; viking
