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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sou  \Sou\,  n.;  pl  {Sous}or.  [F.  sou,  OF  sol,  from  L.  solidus  a 
  gold  coin,  in  LL.,  a  coin  of  less  value.  See  {Sold},  n., 
  {Solid},  and  and  cf  {Sol},  {Soldo}.] 
  An  old  French  copper  coin,  equivalent  in  value  to  and  now 
  displaced  by  the  five-centime  piece  (1/20  of  a  franc),  which 
  is  popularly  called  a  sou. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sou 
  n  :  a  former  French  coin  of  low  denomination;  often  used  of  any 
  small  amount  of  money;  "he  hasn't  a  sou  to  his  name" 




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