soldi
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A small old Italian coin used in past centuries
- noun
- Archaic
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soldo
- The madam found an old shift and sold it to him for two gold soldi.
Examples
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She discovered a handful of soldi while cleaning out her grandmother's attic.
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Many tourists enjoy collecting old soldi as souvenirs from their travels in Italy.
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In the market, he paid for the bread with two ancient soldi from his collection.
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Soldi comes from Italian soldo and earlier from Latin solidus, which was the name of a Roman gold 'coin'. So soldi (the plural form) refers to those old small Italian coins.