soldo

[ sol-doh; Italian sawl-daw ]

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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 /

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Origin of soldo¹

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

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Origin of soldo¹

C16: from Italian, from Late Latin solidum a gold coin; see soldier

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The few who have escaped have been brought to Catania naked, without a soldo.

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!”

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.

Stay; let us exchange; I will take another bunch and you shall pay the man for it one soldo.

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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