Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hamper, pannier, or crate in which raisins, figs, almonds, and other fruit, seeds and other articles, especially from Spain or the Mediterranean, are commonly packed.
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- noun Alternative form of
ceroon .
Etymologies
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Spanish seron ("a kind of hamper or pannier").
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Examples
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A seron or seroon is a kind of small trunk made in
Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Richard Walter
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[Footnote 2: A seroon, Sp. _seron_, was a bale or package made up in an animal's hide.] [Footnote 3: Kegs of the blue powder used by laundresses.]
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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