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stiver

noun · 17th century

Foreign small change, politely sneered at.

A small Dutch coin; figuratively, a trifle.

In the wild

“Not worth a stiver, and he knew it.”

Origin

17th century, from Dutch stuiver.

Sources·Johnson's Dictionary (1755)/Oxford English Dictionary

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