sou marqué

noun

variants or less commonly sou markee

plural sou marqués also sou markees

: a small 18th century French coin issued for the colonies and formerly circulating in the West Indies and on the North American mainland

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1877, in the meaning defined above

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