sou
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
sol2.
Origin of sou
1Other definitions for sou. (2 of 2)
south.
southern.
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How to use sou in a sentence
M. d'Infreville, justly incensed against me, had not left me a sou, and my mother and I became terribly poor.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueThe flowers are lovely; you can buy a big bunch of violets for a son, and sou is the peasant word for a halfpenny.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonIf you don't have the young woman, you can live at Hopton, but without a sou to your name.
Dross | Henry Seton MerrimanBut I don't care a sou where I go if I can get to act, or who they are if they'll help me.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesSt. Genis, who hasn't a sou, was out of the question, I suppose.
The Bronze Eagle | Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
British Dictionary definitions for sou
/ (suː) /
a former French coin of low denomination
a very small amount of money: I haven't a sou to my name
Origin of sou
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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