sou
/suː/
noun
- A very small amount of money; a tiny sum.
- He didn't have a sou to his name after paying the rent.
- She saved every sou she earned for her trip abroad.
- The old man counted his last sou before buying bread.
- A former French coin of low value, equal to five centimes.
- In the 19th century, a sou could buy a loaf of bread in Paris.
- He found a rusty sou while digging in his grandfather's garden.
- The museum displayed a collection of old French sous from the 1700s.
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