Definition of "stivers" [stivers]

• Plural form of stiver. (noun)

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• "As soon as he was thus legally invested with sovereign power, Charles demanded a large _aide_ from Holland and Zealand -- 480,000 crowns of fifteen stivers for himself; 32,000 crowns as pin money for his new consort; 16,000 crowns as donations for various servants, and 4800 crowns towards his travelling expenses."
• "To the mill gang, and to the crook gang, for working through the breakfast hour, one stiver, and for working through noon, two stivers per day."
• "Mayken has failed, of late, in her lessons; and too many sweets and trifles have gone to her lips, and too few stivers to her charity-box."