单词 | groatsworth |
释义 | † groatsworthn. Obsolete. As much as is bought or sold for a groat. Also figurative a small amount. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > amount of specific value > specific pennyworthOE halfpennywortha1035 shillingswortha1325 three-halfpennyworthc1440 sixpennyworthc1450 pounds worthc1460 groatsworth1562 penny1564 penny piece1601 threepennyworth1617 piceworth1832 two pennyworth1851 six1871 pounder1895 1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes lxx, in Wks. sig. Ddii I would haue a groatesworth of your seede. 1592 R. Greene (title) Greens Groats-worth of Wit, bought with a Million of Repentaunce. 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood vii. 82 Yet for a groates-worth makes him pay a shilling. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 133 To gain one Groats-worth of Applause. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1562 |
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