stiver
Americannoun
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Also stuiver a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
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the smallest possible amount.
not worth a stiver; not a stiver of work.
noun
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a former Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder
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a small amount, esp of money
Etymology
Origin of stiver
First recorded in 1495–1505, stiver is from the Dutch word stuiver
Example Sentences
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Behind her was a background of the stiver sea.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Mikkel was grown up, and had undergone much jeering on account of his frightful name, but his uncle did not leave him a stiver!
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
To tell me that Ruby and Golden were dunning you out of your life, when you never owed them a stiver!
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Richard Marsh
We ain’t none of us got a stiver, that’s wot’s the matter with us.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Robert Louis Stevenson
It turned out to be half-a-dozen lines from his shopkeeping mother, who declined to advance him a single stiver!
From A Duel by Richard Marsh
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