Centésimo
Full definition of centésimo
Noun
- Alternative form of en.
- 1924, w, Red Sand, I knew you were waiting for somebody or something, a woman, a baggage, some señorita who doesn’t care two centésimos for you and is after your bolivars!
- 1973, w, Coinage of the Americas Chapter Spanish Tradition The Spanish American Republics, A coinage of bronze centésimos had been struck in Lyons, Paris, and Birmingham between 1840 and 1869, but only in 1877 was a proper coinage of silver 10, 20, and 50 centésimos, and 1 peso struck to the specifications of the Latin Monetary Union.
- 2013, Kenneth Cameron, The Haunted Martyr, The Signora, overseeing the process, was scandalised all over again and flew into a rage when Janet offered her one centésimo, the smallest bit of money that was made.
