 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sou
noun: a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any
small amount of money; "he hasn't a sou to his name"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sou \Sou\, noun; pl. {Sous}or. [F. sou, OF. sol, from L. solidus a
gold coin, in LL., a coin of less value. See {Sold}, noun,
{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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "sou":
Deutschmark, Mark, Reichsmark, a continental, a curse, a damn,
a darn, a hoot, afghani, anna, bagatelle, baht, bauble, bean,
bibelot, bit, brass farthing, button, cent, centavo, centime,
conto, curio, dollar, dong, farce, farthing, feather, fig,
fleabite, florin, folderol, franc, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw,
gimcrack, guilder, gulden, hair, halfpenny, hill of beans, jest,
joke, kickshaw, kip, knickknack, knickknackery, kopeck, krona,
krone, lira, milreis, minikin, mockery, molehill, peppercorn,
peseta, picayune, pie, piece of eight, pin, pinch of snuff,
pinprick, pistareen, pound, rand, rap, red cent, rial, row of pins,
ruble, rupee, rush, shekel, shilling, shit, snap, sneeshing, sol,
stiver, straw, toy, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence,
two cents, twopence, whim-wham, won, yen
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