| 单词 | sou markee |
| 释义 | sou markee|suː mɑːˈkiː|
Also sou marquee, sumarkee, etc.
[ad. Fr. sou marqué, lit. ‘marked sou’.]
A small French coin of the eighteenth century issued for the colonies and circulating esp. in the West Indies and North America. Hence loosely, something of little value.
1665–7J. Lauder Jrnls. in Publ. Scottish Hist. Soc. (1900) XXXVI. 92 On the place wheir they make it its sold for a sous marky la livre. 1826Massachusetts Spy 5 July (Th.), Who the d―l would give a sumarkee to read the newspapers after breakfast? 1896H. G. Parker Pomp of Lavilettes 54 I'll bet he's got nothing more than what he went away with, and that wasn't a sou markee! 1903A. H. Lewis Boss 181, I don't pony for a sou markee. 1936J. A. McKenna Black Range Tales 268 Marshall drifted from one settlement to another, and he likewise died without a sou marquee. 1952R. M. Hamilton Canad. Quotations 138/2 It's not worth a sou marquee. Phrase common in the Maritime provinces meaning, of trifling value; a reference to French Guiana sous which, counterstamped by other West Indian colonies, were sometimes carried north to Canada. 1977F. Leiber Swords & Ice Magic 80 ‘By the beats of Titchubi,’ the former breathed, ‘this is no sou marque, black dog no chien noir.’ |
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