Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old Neapolitan money of account, the fortieth part of a ducat of the realm, being about an English penny.
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Examples
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_quaterno_ so as to include a _terno_ and _ambo_, and a _cinquino_ so as to include all.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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_cinquino_; and of course the prizes increase in rapid proportion to the numbers played, -- the sum gained multiplying very largely on each additional number.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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