Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small coin of the former Papal States, struck in both silver and copper, worth about a cent.
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Examples
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Nuovo, "--" Ritratto colorito, medaglia e quadruccio, un baiocco tutti, un baiocco tutti, "--" Bambinelli di cera, un baiocco_. "[
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various
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The name baiocco is derived from that of the city of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Thou hast no false pride; great as thou art, thou condescendest to be exchanged for a _baiocco_.
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As I was returning, last night, from a mass at San Giovanni in Laterano, an old man glared at us through great green goggles, -- to which Jealousy's would have yielded in size and color, -- and shook his box for a _baiocco_.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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The priest is received with bows at the door, and when the benediction is over he is rewarded with the gratuity of a _paul_ or a _scudo_, according to the piety and purse of the proprietor; while into the basket of his attendant is always dropped a _pagnotta_, a couple of eggs, a _baiocco_, or some such trifle.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Various
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Here for a _baiocco_ one buys lemonade or orangeade and all sorts of curious little drinks or
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We are all, in measure, beggars; but Beppo, in the large style of kings and robber-barons, asks for his _baiocco_, and, like the merchant-princes, keeps his bank.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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Sometimes a group of artists, passing by, will pause and steadily examine one of these models, turn him about, pose him, point out his defects and excellences, give him a _baiocco_, and pass on.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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Many a woman on the cold side of thirty is wheedled out of a _baiocco_ by being addressed as _Signorina.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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Some bring with them a hamper of provisions and wine, and, spreading them on the grass, lunch and dine when and where they will; but those who would dine with the artists must have the order of the _mezzo baiocco_ hanging to their buttonhole, which is distributed previously in Rome to all the artists who purchase tickets.
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