- five centime piece - Former French coin - Lose a little soul for a very little money - Low-value old French coin - Old French coin - Prosecute apparently for smallest amount of money - An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now
displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly
called a sou.
- Shell of turtle - A small shield. - An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or
about 80 cents. - A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on
the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.
- Examiner - Perfume sample - A headpiece; a helmet. - A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb. - A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts. - An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about
eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to
sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; --
often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.
- Currency of Switzerland - Currency, Swiss ... - Former currency of France - Former European monetary unit - Former French currency - Old French coin - Pre-euro French coin