One stiver would get you five liquorice roots, so every guilder would get you sixty!
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Stiver
//ˈstaɪvə//
Synonyms for "stiver" (11 found)
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5 translations across 4 languages.
Caribbean Javanese
1 entries- binggel noun (small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder)
Dutch
1 entries- stuiver noun (small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder)
Sranan Tongo
2 entries- feifisensi noun (small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder)
- tibri (pre-decimal) noun (small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder)
Swedish
1 entries- styver noun (small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
’Tis not worth a single stiver, said the bandy-leg'd drummer.
Source: wiktionary
[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.
Source: wiktionary
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