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soldo
[ sol-doh; Italian sawl-daw ]
noun
, plural sol·di [sol, -dee, sawl, -dee].
- a former copper coin of Italy, the twentieth part of a lira, equal to five centesimi.
soldo
/ ˈsɒldəʊ; ˈsoldo /
noun
- a former Italian copper coin worth one twentieth of a lira
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Word History and Origins
Origin of soldo1
C16: from Italian, from Late Latin solidum a gold coin; see soldier
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Example Sentences
The few who have escaped have been brought to Catania naked, without a soldo.
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When I give a soldo to a beggar, and he says to me, “God preserve your health, and the health of all belonging to you!”
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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.
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Stay; let us exchange; I will take another bunch and you shall pay the man for it one soldo.
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The cripple at the door lifted the heavy leather curtain for her and she put a soldo into his outstretched hand as she went in.
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