saltee

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noun

A penny.

OriginItalian soldo →
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Meanings

nounsaltee (plural saltees)

plural saltees

  1. UKobsoleteslangA penny.

    One day he would gather more than I in three; another, to hear his tale, it had rained kicks all day in lieu of “saltees,” and that is pennies.

    1862, Charles Reade, The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages, page 242

Origin

  1. Italiansoldo
  2. Englishsaltee

From Italian soldo.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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