Definition of "kreuzer" []

• Any of several small coins of low value formerly used in Austria and Germany. (noun)

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• "Thereupon he divided the loaf into four parts, and gave the apostle one of them, and a kreuzer likewise."
• "Brother Lustig spoke as he had done before, and again gave him a quarter of the loaf and one kreuzer."
• "Lustig gave him also the third quarter of bread and the third kreuzer."