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‖ ˈsoldo Pl. soldi (also 7 souldyes). [It.:—L. solidum: see sol n.3] An Italian coin and money of account, formerly the twentieth part of a lira.
1599Hakluyt Voy. II. i. 110 You may buy them for 10. Carchies, which coine are 4. to a Venetian Soldo, which is peny farthing the dozen. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 256 A Pigion for 7 soldi;..one soldo contents a Porter for bringing your victuals from the market. 1636Recorde's Ground Arts 133 A shilling, which is 2 Souldyes, and 20 Souldyes a Lieure of Venice, which is a pound sterling. 1787Beckford Italy, etc. (1805) I. 124 Four soldi a day, when the Duomo was built, were equal to twenty at present. 1841Browning Pippa Passes iv. Poems (1905) 187 Not one soldo shall escape me. 1883tr. Villari's Machiavelli ii. v. IV. 4 The crowd of Florentines..stripped him of every soldo. |