Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Penelope/710

thumb|600px|center|page=713 Annotations 710.33 pesetas 5 The peseta was a currency unit of Spain from the 19th century until the introduction of the Euro in 1999. The name peseta derives from a Catalan word meaning "small piece". 710.33 perragordas 5 Perra gorda was the colloquial name for a coin of 0.10 pesetas (see previous annotation). Spanish perra means "she-dog" and perra gorda means "fat she-dog", referring to the animal on the reverse of the coin, which was a somewhat ambiguous lion. The smaller 0.05 peseta coin with the same lion was called perra chica, meaning "small she-dog".Perra gorda Wikipedia (in Spanish) Perra does also mean "prostitute"perra in Diccionario de la Real Academia Española(in Spanish), so perra gorda can be translated as "fat bitch". References Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesPreceding Page | Page Index | Next Page