groat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of groat
1325–75; Middle English groot < Middle Dutch groot large, name of a large coin; see great
Vocabulary lists containing groat
Example Sentences
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Major ingredients: Filtered water, organic oat groats, oat bran Dietitian says: A groat is the full oat kernel before it's smashed flat to make oatmeal.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2010
A penny saved is two pence clear A pin a day is a groat a year �Benjamin Franklin There was a time when Poor Richard's Almanac was strictly for children.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Oh, every penny... but never a groat more, my lord. You’ll get the meal you bargained for, but it won’t be sauced with gratitude, and in the end it will not nourish you.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Elsewise he would never see a groat of his money.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
He that spends a groat a day idly, spends idly above six pounds a year, which is the price for the use of one hundred pounds.
From The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
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