单词 | sou |
释义 | soun. Now Historical. A French coin, formerly the twentieth part of a livre, subsequently used to designate the five-centime piece. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > other French coins denierc1425 Poitevina1475 blank1480 sousec1503 gigot1530 soulx1543 liarda1549 pistolor1550 obole1567 patard1583 double1586 whitea1634 sols1637 penny1656 centime1796 cent1810 sou1814 1814 Sporting Mag. 44 60 We gave the postillions ten sous per post extra, to stimulate them to speed. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI lxxv. 140 They are young, but know not youth,..rich without a sou. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 532 Imagine..that I have been paying thirty-eight sous a pound. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags II. iv. 116 He had scarcely a sou in his pocket. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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