stiver

I'll back you with my last stiver as long as you stay on Ballarat!
Denis Dent|Ernest W. Hornung
All the other children at his age—when they have a stiver they either save it or buy themselves something.
Walter Pieterse|Multatuli
And there he was at the end of his tether after having often painted the town tolerably pink without a beggarly stiver.
Ulysses|James Joyce
Stiver, stī′vėr, n. a Dutch coin, worth one penny sterling: any small coin.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

They were bound to see her and get their money's worth in looking, for they had paid a stiver (two cents) admission to the show.
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks|William Elliot Griffis

British Dictionary definitions for stiver

stiver

/ (ˈstaɪvə) /

noun

a former Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder

a small amount, esp of money

Word Origin for stiver

C16: from Dutch stuiver; related to Middle Low German stüver, Danish styver

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