Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A French coin, the tenth of a franc, or about 2 United States cents.
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Anterior - Siguiente crisantemo crisantemo viril entre las flores, voluptuoso decime qué te ha hecho el aire que lo mordés con tus dientes crisantemo
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008
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Some examples of verbs using the Vos form would be: decime (dime), ¿Sos Vos?
VOS 2004
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Among his works are the celebrated five franc piece known as "à l'Hercule," the five centime and one decime pieces, on which the head of Liberty is the profile of Madame Récamier, and seven medals relating to America: John Paul Jones, General Morgan, General Greene,
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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(We find, through subsequent decisions, that these recoveries were frequently effected.)] [Footnote 31123: Law of Frimaire 7, year V (imposing one decime per franc above the cost of a ticket in every theatre for the benefit of the poor not in the asylums).
The Modern Regime, Volume 1 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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