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Sou

//suː// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound. historical

    "He is grey, flat-footed and withered, with long, brittle nails that set your nerves on edge while he scrapes up your two sous."

  2. 2
    a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money wordnet
  3. 3
    Cent; pocket money. dated, slang
  4. 4
    A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot. dated

    "I do not care a sou for your excuses."

Etymology

Borrowed from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and xu.

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