soldon.
An Italian coin and money of account, formerly the twentieth part of a lira.
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1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 110 You may buy them for 10. Carchies, which coine are 4. to a Venetian Soldo, which is peny farthing the dozen.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 256 A Pigion for 7 soldi;..one soldo contents a Porter for bringing your victuals from the market.
1636 Record's Ground of Arts 133 A shilling, which is 2 Souldyes, and 20 Souldyes a Lieure of Venice which is a pound sterling.
1805 P. Beckford Familiar Lett. Italy I. xiii. 124 Four soldi a day, when the Duomo was built, were equal to twenty at present.
1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes iv, in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 14/1 Not one soldo shall escape me.
1883 L. Villari tr. P. Villari Machiavelli & his Times IV. ii. v. 4 The crowd of Florentines..stripped him of every soldo.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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