scudo

[ skoo-doh ]

/ ˈsku doʊ /

any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.

Origin of scudo

1635–45; < Italian < Latin scūtum shield

scs, scsi, scuba, scuba-dive, scud, scudo, scudéry, scuff, scuffle, sculch, sculduddery

I'll send the Minister Landelli into exile,—to the galleys, if they insist; but I 'll not pay a scudo,—my royal word on it!

The Fortunes Of Glencore |Charles James Lever
My old beggar-woman was forgotten, and I had determined to devote my scudo to the purchase of the silk cravat for my brother.

Goethe and Schiller |L. Mhlbach
I asked her if it would not be very easy for him to misappropriate a scudo now and then.

The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6 |Augustus J. C. Hare
The hackney coaches moreover only ply till five o'clock, so if you go to a party at night, it costs you a scudo.

Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland |Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

A scudo is a dollar, and a dollar has five francs, so that I wanted a thousand francs.

A Roman Singer |F. Marion Crawford

scudo

/ (ˈskuːdəʊ) /

any of several former Italian coins

C17: from Italian: shield, from Latin scūtum