scudo

[ skoo-doh ]

/ ˈsku doʊ /

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noun, plural scu·di

[skoo-dee]. /ˈsku di/.

any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.

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Origin of scudo

1635–45; <Italian <Latin scūtum shield

Words nearby scudo

scuba, scuba-dive, scuba diving, scud, Scudéry, scudo, scuff, scuffed, scuffle, sculduddery, scull

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How to use scudo in a sentence

The credulous Neapolitan was delighted to have an opportunity to earn a scudo by so easy a service.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V|Various
The pay for performing a mass varies from a “Paul” to a “Scudo;” that is, in round numbers, from sixpence to a crown.
Rome in 1860|Edward Dicey
A party of twelve is sufficient to pay the expense at the rate of a scudo and a half for each person.
Rollo in Rome|Jacob Abbott
Scudo wrote that Thalberg's scales were like pearls on velvet, the scales of Liszt the same, but the velvet was hot!
Franz Liszt|James Huneker

The hackney coaches moreover only ply till five o'clock, so if you go to a party at night, it costs you a scudo.
Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland|Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

British Dictionary definitions for scudo

scudo

/ (ˈskuːdəʊ) /

noun plural -di (-diː)

any of several former Italian coins

Word Origin for scudo

C17: from Italian: shield, from Latin scūtum

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