kwartje

[kwahr-chuh, -tyuh]

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noun

a silver 25-cent piece of the Netherlands.

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Origin of kwartje

< Dutch < Latin quartārius; see quarter

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A kwartje is a small silver coin worth one quarter of a guilder, or 10 cents in American currency.
Hans Brinker
Mary Mapes Dodge