stiver

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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...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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-cramped

  Needy, wanting money. A stiver is a Dutch coin, worth somewhat more than a penny sterling. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose