stiver
Also stuiver . a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
the smallest possible amount: not worth a stiver; not a stiver of work.
Origin of stiver
1Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use stiver in a sentence
A "stuiver in zeewan" was equivalent to less than half a cent of our money.
A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County | Stephen OstranderI agreed once for all to accept three hundred, and I will certainly not be burdened with a stuiver more.
Dreamers of the Ghetto | I. ZangwillMy good friend acquired for me at Amsterdam a stuiver of Batavia, 1644 which he reported to me as beau.
The Confessions of a Collector | William Carew Hazlitt
British Dictionary definitions for stiver
/ (ˈstaɪvə) /
a former Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder
a small amount, esp of money
Origin of stiver
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse