sene

American  

[sey-ney] / ˈseɪ neɪ /

noun

plural

sene

1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, one 100th of a tala.

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Etymology

Origin of sene

First recorded in 1965–70; from Samoan, from English cent

Example Sentences

A locker in the ship's writing room mysteriously "blew out as if it were fed by gasoline or kero sene."

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no kynd of doctrine at al but he is exquisitely sene in it.

From A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes by Hildebrandt, Herbert William

Scusante la modestia se l’e troppo Di questi personali non sene poppo.’

From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Hir over lippe wyped she so clene, That in hir coppe was no ferthing sene Of grece, whan she dronken hadde hir draughte.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

Wyth many a sighe, she went her waye, To se howe she made herselff so gay, To walke, to se, and to be sene, And so out-faced the hathorne grene.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various