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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder. historical
2. 2
   Anything of small value.

   "’Tis not worth a single stiver, said the bandy-leg'd drummer."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

centcolondollarfrancpiepound

Example

More examples

"One stiver would get you five liquorice roots, so every guilder would get you sixty!"

Etymology

From Dutch stuiver, cognate with Middle Low German stüver.

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