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• grosz
  grosz

  noun

  an aluminum coin of Poland, one 100th of a zloty.
• Grosz
  Grosz

  noun

  George, 1893–1959, U.S. painter and graphic artist, born in Germany.

grosz

¹ American  

[grawsh] / grɔʃ /

noun

• groszy
  plural

1. an aluminum coin of Poland, one 100th of a zloty.

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Grosz ² American  

[grohs] / groʊs /

noun

1. George, 1893–1959, U.S. painter and graphic artist, born in Germany.

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Grosz ¹ British  

/ ɡrɔs, ɡrəʊs /

noun

1. George. 1893–1959, German painter, in the US from 1932, whose works satirized German militarism and bourgeois society

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grosz ² British  

/ ɡrɔːʃ /

noun

1. a Polish monetary unit worth one hundredth of a złoty

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• groszy
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of grosz

First recorded in 1945–50; from Polish, from Czech groš; see groschen

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Example Sentences

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These include Klimt’s knockout masterpiece, 1916-18 “The Dancer” and Kirchner’s 1911 “The Russian Dancer Mela,” as well works by Otto Dix, George Grosz and Franz Marc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

So did Grosz, who years later bought it back himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2025

Under the agreement, Bishop Emeritus Richard Malone and former Auxiliary Bishop Edward Grosz are banned for life from holding any secular fiduciary role with a charity registered in New York, James said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

It ended up fixed in place, an Art Deco nightclub with murals adapted from works by George Grosz, who caricatured the era’s corruption and complicity.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2021

Much of the joy of the performance, though, came from playing off other actors, such as Peter Grosz as a subservient Vice President Pence.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2021

Admission only five copecks, only five copecks! . . . for the poorer people only ten groszy!

From The Comedienne by Edmund Obecny

Janina knew that the chorus girls even after the most profitable performance received only fifty copecks on account and usually only two gold pieces or forty groszy.

From The Comedienne by Edmund Obecny

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