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‖ medio|ˈmedio|
Also medio real.
[Sp. medio half.]
An obsolete Mexican coin, also used in Cuba, worth half a real fuerte or 61/4 centavos.
1824J. R. Poinsett Notes on Mexico 141 A medio, the sixteenth of a dollar. 1844G. W. Kendall Santa Fé Expedition ii. xii. 239 One of the lads [handed] each of the unfortunate prisoners a medio. 1845T. J. Green Jrnl. Texian Expedition 246 One medio would buy a leaden rivet. 1859R. H. Dana To Cuba 47 As there is no coin in Cuba less than the medio, 61/4 cents, the musicians get a good deal or nothing. 1897T. A. Janvier Mexican Guide vii. 81 Medio real = 61/4 centavos. 1909‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xxi. 358 I've got one Chili Dollar, two real pieces, and a medio. |