[jshel1]

For some reason, I always had the mental picture of pee-on.

peon
1: a. an unskilled laborer or farm worker of Latin America or the southwestern United States b.such a laborer bound in servitude to a landlord creditor.
2: a native Indian or Ceylonese messenger, servant, or foot soldier.
3: any menial worker; a drudge
[Spanish peon, Portuguese peao, French pion, all from Medieval Latin pedo]