Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Italian coin of about the value of a half a United States cent.
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Examples
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The "quattrino" serving of wine is a nice option, a way to keep from drinking too much and also to keep the cost of your meal down, if that's a concern.
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The "quattrino" serving of wine is a nice option, a way to keep from drinking too much and also to keep the cost of your meal down, if that's a concern.
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The quattrino is the only difference the Holy Father allows to be put any longer between us and the clergy -- who spit and pay nothing. "
Romola George Eliot 1849
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He might be shown in the wine-shops at a quattrino a head.
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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They borrowed a quattrino apiece from a neighbour and were richly rewarded.
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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In 1835 Gregory XVI regulated the monetary system of the Pontifical States, establishing the scudo as the unit, and dividing it into 100 baiocchi, while the baiocco was divided into 5 quattrini (the quattrino, until 1591, had been equal to ¼ of a baiocco).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Not having for eighteen years past received a quattrino for the paintings which I delivered from time to time, and of which I forward a list by this opportunity to the secretary
Giorgione Cook, Herbert 1904
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How can you approach your lady, or anybody's lady, without a coat on your back or a quattrino in your pocket?
The Fool Errant Maurice Hewlett 1892
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For the crucifixes, which are very fine, and in the rococo manner now so much esteemed, I cannot say a quattrino less than four ducats, nor can a Christian, I suppose, set any bounds to the value he places upon that symbol.
The Fool Errant Maurice Hewlett 1892
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He was a native of Montepulciano, and secretary to Pope Martin V., that _Papa Martino non vale un quattrino_, on whom, during his long residence in Florence, the street-boys made their rhymes.
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866
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