groat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of groat
1325–75; Middle English groot < Middle Dutch groot large, name of a large coin; 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
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Elsewise he would never see a groat of his money.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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“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
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They must receive either ducats, or a crown of the sun and a groat, for every ducat, or the same in angellets.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
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