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Definition of Stiver
1. n. A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two cents, or about one penny sterling; hence, figuratively, anything of little worth.
Definition of Stiver
1. Noun. (historical) A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder. ¹
2. Noun. Anything of small value. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stiver
1. a former Dutch coin [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stiver
Literary usage of Stiver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini by New York (N.Y.), Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1897)
"Know ye, that notwithstanding the former reduction of wampum at the public Counting
House from 6 to 8 in white and 3 to 4 in black beads for the stiver, ..."
2. The History of the Life of Albrecht Dürer of Nürnberg: With a Translation of by Charles Heaton (1870)
"I have given 4 stiver for Trinkgeld. I have drawn the new Factor in charcoal.
I have given 6 stiver for a panel. I have dined with the Portuguese jjjjjjjj, ..."
3. A Tour Through Holland, Along the Right and Left Banks of the Rhine, to the by John Carr (1807)
"Six and a half stiver piece. A silver piece, little larger than a sixpence, ...
Eight stiver piece. A larger, but thinner piece than a schellingen, ..."
4. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"Worts on Poetry and Porcelain and Gold and stiver Plate are the recognised Standard
Works used by all Dealers, Collectors, ami Lovers of the Antique, ..."
5. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"Of the type with ty?, like the Holland challies, I met with a two-stiver piece
of 1760, and a one-stiver piece of 1758 in silver. ..."
6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"Coal and iron are mined, and woollen and cotton goods are manufactured; the iron
works situated at Carron are among the largest in the world. stiver ..."
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