He hasn't a sou to his name. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Changed a point to the s'uthard o 'sou'-west, sir," he answered, "and looks as if it would blow hard.". From Wordnik.com. [Hudson Bay] Reference
I turned and saw a brawny figure in a reefing-jacket and "sou'-wester.". From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
Whereupon the monkey immediately concluded that the sou was a counterfeit. From Wordnik.com. [A Book Without A Title] Reference
Why, you know perfectly well that I haven't a sou -- anything you can call a sou!. From Wordnik.com. [Germinie Lacerteux] Reference
No doubt Rooney gave "sou'-sou'-west" in some sort of Eskimo jargon with which we are not acquainted. From Wordnik.com. [Red Rooney The Last of the Crew] Reference
A true "sou'-wester" was blowing from the first to the second Monday in that July, without one moment's lull. From Wordnik.com. [Station Amusements] Reference
But I thought that bay was on the coast of Ireland, sou 'sou'-west by nor' nor'-east from the Cove of Cork, "added Felix. From Wordnik.com. [Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing] Reference
"At any rate, you will wear oilskins and a 'sou'wester,' won't you?". From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Horde] Reference
sou'sou'west went Drake until he reached the "Land of Devils" in South. From Wordnik.com. [Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas] Reference
But it is always called sou’-west if it comes from the southward at all. From Wordnik.com. [A First Year in Canterbury Settlement] Reference
A re petran barbare (to deixnei k to gamertag sou allwste) .i moni sou elpida einai na perimeneis to 2012. From Wordnik.com. [Refinance 2nd Mortgage] Reference
"A regular sou-wester out there," said another man. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
"And not a sou to be earned fishing," added the curé. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
The wind was the chill, damp fog wind -- the sou-wester. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
Bateaux Mouches cross over to the Place aux Huiles opposite, 1 sou. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Each small article, either to cab or to the railway carriage, 1 sou. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Few and far between are the tenants who have paid a sou of rent since. From Wordnik.com. [With Those Who Wait] Reference
Her dinner was worth driving sixteen miles for if I didn't sell a sou. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
You cannot dispose of a sou belonging to your wife without her consent. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The sou-wester is the one wind that seafarin men dread in the Bay of Fundy. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
This was not an easy thing to do without a sou in my possession, yet I did it. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
Fuel is scarce and there is hardly a sou to be earned fishing in such cruel weather as this. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Do you know that for more than eight years he never bought a sou in my line from any other man?. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
"I have my lobster to boil and my roast to get ready; four sous if you like, but not a sou more.". From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
My dear, I am continually amazed at the way people are living whose incomes I know to the last sou. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In gardens in the country the oranges cost about a sou each, but in the Hesperides they are dearer. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Its profits go to the company funds of the soldier subscribers, and the staff of the paper isn't paid a sou. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919] Reference
If every Pakistani businessman defaulted with this excuse, he wrote, "no foreigner would ever lend a sou to Pakistan.". From Wordnik.com. [Silencing The Dissenters] Reference
Soon the anchor was up, and the Antelope spread her sails, and catching the sou-wester, dashed through the water like a thing of life. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
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