soldo
Americannoun
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soldi
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of soldo
1590–1600; < Italian < Latin solidum; see sol 2
Example Sentences
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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 Myra Reynolds
Most costermongers call a penny a saltee, from soldo; a crown, a caroon; and one half, madza, from mezza.
From The Gypsies by Charles Godfrey Leland
He never spends a soldo, I am positive; and if he drops a centesimo under the benches, he is capable of hunting for it for a week.
From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Isabel Florence Hapgood
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 Horatio Robert Forbes Brown
It was just the life he loved, the ideal life, and it wasn't costing him a cent—no, not a soldo, to speak more in the Venetian manner.
From The Spinner's Book of Fiction by Various
The conductor turned to him first, and when she proffered her four soldi she found that he had paid for both.
From Olive in Italy by Moray Dalton
This Bernardino six years earlier worked as apprentice with Maestro Mattia da Reggio, and was paid 6 florins 22 soldi for four months.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
It was issued at an equivalence of 20 soldi, which were represented by 20 silver florins, already known.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
The exaggerated dress of the flower sellers, who pester the foreigner to buy little faded nosegays, is simply worn for the purpose of extracting soldi and as a subterfuge for begging.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
The first year a cloak, 2 lire; six shirts, 4 lire; three doublets, 6 lire: four pairs of socks, 7 lire, 8 soldi.
From Thoughts on Art and Life by Leonardo da Vinci
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