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groat

American  
[groht] / groʊt /

noun

  1. a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.


groat British  
/ ɡrəʊt /

noun

  1. an English silver coin worth four pennies, taken out of circulation in the 17th century

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Etymology

Origin of groat

1325–75; Middle English groot < Middle Dutch groot large, name of a large coin; see great


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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

Elsewise he would never see a groat of his money.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“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

A pin a day is a groat a year.

From Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Thomas Preston

If you make not much of threepence you'll ne'er be worth a groat.

From Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Thomas Preston

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