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peculium

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Borrowed from Latin peculium. See peculiar.

noun peculia

  1. historical The savings of a son or a slave, with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own.
  2. A special fund for private and personal uses. Still, however, he gained something, and it was the glory of his heart to carry it to Mr MacMorlan weekly, a slight peculium only subtracted, to supply his snuff-box and tobacco-pouch.

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@misc{peculium_2026,
  title = {peculium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peculium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}