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Definition of "stiver" []

  • A nickel coin used in the Netherlands and worth 1/20 of a guilder. (noun)
  • Something of small value. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stiver" in a sentence
  • "[2] A stiver is a Dutch coin equal to 1/20 of a guilder."
  • "Six white beads of wampum to the stiver was the rate established by authority in 1673.] _26th, Tuesday."
  • "I could not prevail on them to accept one stiver, doit, or maravedi, for the trouble and expenses of my sick bed."