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sou
1[ soo ]
sou.
2abbreviation for
- south.
- southern.
sou
/ suː /
noun
- a former French coin of low denomination
- a very small amount of money
I haven't a sou to my name
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sou1
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Example Sentences
M. d'Infreville, justly incensed against me, had not left me a sou, and my mother and I became terribly poor.
The flowers are lovely; you can buy a big bunch of violets for a son, and sou is the peasant word for a halfpenny.
If you don't have the young woman, you can live at Hopton, but without a sou to your name.
But I don't care a sou where I go if I can get to act, or who they are if they'll help me.
St. Genis, who hasn't a sou, was out of the question, I suppose.
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