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centime
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synonyms: centesimo ???
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Definition:The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Sholmes handed the porter a piece of fifty centimes.
"Thank you, Monsieur Sholmes," said the porter.
The Englishman looked at him; it was Arsène Lupin.
Maurice Leblanc. Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (1910)
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But the next day he called on her with a bill for two hundred and seventy francs, not counting the centimes.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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