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pacotille

pacotille noun: something of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves.

Noun

pacotille (plural pacotilles)

  1. (Trinidad-and-Tobago) Something of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves.

Forms of pacotille

pluralpacotilles

Origin of pacotille

French pacotille (“junk”)

Questions about pacotille

What does pacotille mean?
Pacotille means something of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves.
What part of speech is pacotille?
Pacotille is a noun.
What is the plural of pacotille?
The plural of pacotille is pacotilles.

Words near pacotille in the dictionary

  1. Pacoima
  2. Pacoima Wash
  3. PACOM
  4. paconiflorin
  5. pacos
  6. pacotille
  7. pacotilles
  8. pacovicuna
  9. pacovicunas
  10. pacquet
  11. pacquets

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