Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A money of account in. Malta, equal to about one twelfth of an English penny.
- noun A subsidiary coin of Naples and the two Sicilies, the hundredth part of a ducat, equal to eighty hundredths of a United States cent.
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Examples
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Lusmila, my neighbor, friend and kitchen guru tells me sal de grano from the coast is the absolute best.
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Lusmila, my neighbor, friend and kitchen guru tells me sal de grano from the coast is the absolute best.
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Atole de grano is a good supper choice, any time of the year.
Best of Lent 2007
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The middle-sized ones (which are the best) sell at four for a grano, which is at the rate of ten for
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 551, June 9, 1832 Various
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I notice a lot of short day onions named "grano" or "granex," followed by a number.
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_supposed_, at all events -- whereas, when, in Naples, a man asks leave to black your shoe in the dusty street 'purely for the honour of serving your Excellency' you laugh and would be sorry to find yourself without a 'grano' or two -- (six of which, about, make a farthing) -- Now do you not see!
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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It's the plant that's used to make atole de grano.
Eneldo 2009
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At night, if I'm in la Plaza Chica, I vastly enjoy atole de grano.
Menudo or Pozole? 2009
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In addition, women often dish up pozole, menudo, atole, ponche, champurrado, tamales, atole de grano (a Michoacán specialty), and any number of other delicacies, but this normally happens on the sidewalk outside their homes and most often para llevar -- as takeout -- and usually at night.
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It doesn't mean Murkowski can't make it happen in the next 34 days but it does mean the polling data released over the last 24 hours should be taken cum grano salis.
Lisa Murkowski surges in Alaska (or does she?) Chris Cillizza 2010
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