Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A conical loaf of sugar.
- noun Southern U. S. A gratuity given by tradesmen to customers settling their accounts.
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Examples
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| Reply ever see the one with the pilon? the guy starts the game just shoots randomly and gets killed by a pilon shooting back at him lol
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Greatest Nade Stick in Halo history 2007
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What you do, you cut off the end of it and this pilon becomes a funnel.
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Backpedaling towards the pilon, Straits outleaped a potential receiver and knocked the ball to the turf, turning away OSU's last chance.
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In the Northern Philippines "clayed" sugar (Spanish, _Azúcar de pilon_) is made.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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"There's four thousand," he said, peeling off four bills, "you can keep the change for _pilon_."
Rimrock Jones Dane Coolidge 1906
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Hésiode nous donne la mesure de la pile et du pilon des anciens, et de nos sauvages, dans ces paroles, 'Coupez moi une pile de trois pieds de haut, et un pilon de la longueur de trois coudées.'
The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) George Warburton 1836
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Caton met aussi la pile et le pilon, au nombre des meubles rustiques de son temps.
The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) George Warburton 1836
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This the king of Tangu afterwards did, by slaying him, with a _pilon_, or wooden pestel with which they stamp rice; for being of the race of Brama, it was not lawful to shed his blood.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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He fell directly onto his feet, causing an open pilon fracture in his ankle or, as Anderson describes it, "separating his ankle from his leg."
Summit Daily News - Top Stories By BRYCE EVANS summit daily news 2010
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In a pilon (that's a mortar and pestle gringo) smash up a few cloves of Garlic, some sazon, some, salt, some pepper, and some oil.
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