Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
groschen .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I found no difficulty in tracing out a “restauration,” the proprietor of which readily undertook to furnish one principal meal per diem for seventeen silver groschens, that is, one shilling and eightpence halfpenny per week, paid in advance.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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Leipsic was my natural destination, and thither I proceeded by railway, paying two dollars eight groschens for the transit in an open carriage.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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Under these circumstances I asserted my claim to the trade geschenk, and, having fulfilled all the conditions of a tramp unable to find work, received from the Guild twenty silver groschens, or two shillings.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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Schönefeld, twopence halfpenny; a lodging, and board for two nights and a day at Schwerin in a “grand hotel,” but faring with the servants, cost one shilling and ninepence; at Ludwigslust, a comfortable bed after a grand supper with the carpenters at their house of call, was charged one shilling and sevenpence; and at Perleberg, where I lodged superbly, the cost was sixteen silver groschens, or a fraction over one shilling and sixpence.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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Hannibal was no richer than I was, and my whole stock consisted of six groschens, a sum equal to threepence.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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I have set thee down as a mere vender of sausages, and lo! thou holdest tavern and eating-house; dispensing prandial portions of savoury delicacies in flesh and vegetable, at the charge of six silver groschens the meal.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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An extra bed and double rent enabled us to domicile together, and we paid for this chamber, roomy and commodious (always overlooking the stable), per month, together with morning coffee and a bullet of white bread, two dollars eighteen groschens each.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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This vagabond life I delight in! — an earnest, quiet student, who, for reasons of economy, has made the Schuster-gasse his place of refuge; and a dishevelled button-maker, last from Hamburg, who has just received his geschenck, or trade-gift, amounting to fifteen silver groschens, about eighteenpence in
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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But he acquiesced in the desire to board myself, and generously made the additional payment of one dollar sixteen groschens, or five shillings per week, for the purpose.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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Finding that my stock of cash was already reduced to the half of its original bulk, that I had indeed expended one pound, I seriously endeavoured to find employment in Dresden; but utterly failing in that hope, I claimed the “viaticum” of the Guild, which was ten silver groschens, or one shilling.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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