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A coin you bring us back with a hole in it (3)

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I believe the answer is:

sou

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'a coin' is the definition.
(I know that sou is a type of coin)

'you bring us back with a hole in it' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'you' could be 'u' (homophones) and 'u' is present in the answer.
'hole' could be 'o' (O looks like a hole) and 'o' is located in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for sou that I've seen before include "Old Fr. coin; sounds like entreat" , "Tiny amount of money" , "Very little to spend" , "16 French coin" , "Former small French coin" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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