stiver

• Six white beads of wampum to the stiver was the rate established by authority in 1673 26th, Tuesday. —  Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
• Well, then, if he comes, I will not give him one stiver--and then he'll soon go away Philip had no opportunity of further converse with Amine; indeed he had nothing more to say. —  The Phantom Ship
• As for that sign-painter, he is a drunken sot, who has left himself without as much as a stiver to give his daughter, who ought to have been married a year ago Do not believe him, sir,' cried David's brother-artist. —  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852
• The new government should by no means be left by the old to the necessity of borrowing a stiver, before it can tax for its interest. —  Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2
• Not a stiver--all ate up in a 'nuity, an' her--artful limb!--just died on the last penny o' the quarter's payment. —  Children of the Mist

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