pistole
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Pistole¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Pistole (“pistol”), probably a nickname for an aggressive person.
proper noun Pistoles
- A surname from German.
pistole²
- /ˈpɪstəʊl/ UK
- /pɪˈstəʊl/ UK
- /ˈpɪstoʊl/ US
- /pɪˈstoʊl/ US
Rhymes with -əʊl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pistole, of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
Alternatively, perhaps from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany).
noun pistoles
- A Spanish gold double-escudo coin of the mid-sixteenth century, or any of various gold coins derived from or based on this. Ralph and I were inseparable Companions. We took Lodgings together in Little Britain at 3/6 per Week, as much as we could then afford. He found some Relations, but they were poor & unable to assist him. He now let me know his Intentions of remaining in London, and that he never meant to return to Ph
- A disc-shaped piece of chocolate, the size of a coin, designed for melting when cooking. They were exceptional semi-sweet chocolate chips, with a flat shape that I’ve recreated here with chocolate pistoles, flat wafers or disks each about ⅞ inch in diameter. The pistoles disperse randomly through the dough, so that slicing the logs into cookies creates an attractive mosaic, with little
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