any of various former minor coins issued by German states.
a former copper coin of Austria, one 100th of a florin.
First recorded in 1540–50; from German Kreuzer, equivalent to Kreuz “cross” (originally the device on the coin; see cross) + -er noun suffix ( see -er 1)
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"You needn't tell everything to the last kreutzer," said he.
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
Well, four gulden and forty kreutzer, besides fifteen kreutzer for the bread and five kreutzer for the salt, make altogether five gulden of the realm.
From The Chief Justice A Novel by Franzos, Karl Emil
Indeed, on one occasion, when he received a larger sum than usual, he drove up in a carriage with two comrades, and the three were not content until the last kreutzer had been spent.
From Waldfried A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
"Half a guilder, my good woman," Diogenes said in response, "'Tis a fortune to such as I. I have not a kreutzer left in my wallet, 'pon my honour!"
From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
The postage for this parcel cost him his last kreutzer.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II by Heyse, Paul
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