soldo

American  

[sol-doh, sawl-daw] / ˈsɒl doʊ, ˈsɔl dɔ /

noun

plural

soldi

1. a former copper coin of Italy, the twentieth part of a lira, equal to five centesimi.

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soldo British  

/ ˈsɒldəʊ, ˈsoldo /

noun

1. a former Italian copper coin worth one twentieth of a lira

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Etymology

Origin of soldo

1590–1600; < Italian < Latin solidum; see sol ²

Example Sentences

I hope to repair some100 of their wrong, however; so far as my brother's ill-gotten treasure reverts to me, I can stop the consequences of his crime—and not one soldo shall escape me.

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra

I shall never forget the sea-roar of Porto Venere, with that shrill obligate, 'Soldo, soldo, soldo!' rattling like a dropping fire from lungs of brass.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

Play till one of you's won every soldo of it.

From The Call of the Blood by Lowell, Orson

But for a work of obvious and vital necessity, such as that of the strengthening of the Murazzi, it has not a soldo to spare.

From Critical Studies by Ouida

Most costermongers call a penny a saltee, from soldo; a crown, a caroon; and one half, madza, from mezza. 

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey