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‖ paolo|ˈpaolo, ˈpaʊləʊ|
[It. Paolo:—L. Paulus Paul: see quot. 1617.]
An obsolete Italian silver coin, worth about fivepence sterling.
1617Moryson Itin. i. 99 Each man payed foure Poli, or Poali (a coine so called of Pope Paul). Ibid. 118 We..gaue a Clowne one Poalo for conducting vs. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) II. 141 Manuscript pasquinades..sold in the coffee-houses for half a paolo a sheet. 1805M. G. Lewis Bravo of Venice I. i. 3 No, not one paolo, by heavens! and I hunger almost to death! 1837Marryat Dog-fiend xxxiii, Five hundred thousand paolis, amounting to about thirteen thousand pounds in sterling money. |