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Complete Definition of "stiver"

English

Etymology
From Dutch stuiver, cognate with Middle Low German stüver.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�staɪv�/

Noun
en-noun

  1. historical A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
  2. Anything of small value.

#:*1761: �Tis not worth a single stiver, said the bandy-leg'd drummer � Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 4 (Penguin 2003, p. 223)

Translations

Dutch: stuiver m
mid

Danish

Noun
stiver

  1. strut

Category:Danish nouns

ru:stiver
te:stiver
vi:stiver

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