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stiver
/ˈstaɪvə/
noun 2name 1
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3ADJ.
single
VERB + STIVER
worth
STIVER + NOUN
bandy-leg'd
Definitions
noun
1
A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
2
Anything of small value.
’Tis not worth a single stiver, said the bandy-leg'd drummer.
[A]ll hands, including the captain, received certain shares of the profits called lays […] And though the 275th lay was what they call a rather long lay, yet it was better than nothing; and if we had a lucky voyage, might pretty nearly pay for the clothing I would wear out on it, not to speak of my three years' beef and board, for which I would not have to pay one stiver.
name
1
A surname.
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’Tis not worth a single stiver, said the bandy-leg'd drummer.
Wiktionary02
[A]ll hands, including the captain, received certain shares of the profits called lays […] And though the 275th lay was what they call a rather long lay, yet it was better than nothing; and if we had
Wiktionary03
One stiver would get you five liquorice roots, so every guilder would get you sixty!
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