stiver-cramped

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• Cramped

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Cramp>>. ...

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• Stiver

  ·noun A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two cents, or about one penny sterling; he...

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• stiver

  A Dutch coin about the value of a cent. A common expression in New York is, 'He's not worth a stiver...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• stiver

  A very small Dutch coin. "Not worth a stiver" is a colloquialism to express a person's poverty. ...

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