| 单词 | not a stiver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot a stiver 2. Used (like penny) as a type of a coin of small value, or of a small amount of money; occasionally a small quantity of anything, a ‘bit’. not a stiver = nothing. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum > coin as type of pennya1225 sumc1300 mitea1375 minutec1384 groat1513 souse1570 widow's mite1572 stivera1640 brass farthing1642 shilling1737 rap1778 skilligalee1834 skillick1835 steever1892 razoo1919 a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kk3/2 Set him free, And you shall have your money to a Stiver. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 204 As for that lady's fortune, Sir, you shall never touch a single stiver of it. 1822 Ld. Byron Werner i. i. 409 He has not a stiver. 1842 R. Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics x With him I proved no bargain-driver, With you, don't think I'll bate a stiver! 1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 38 I come,..nor care a stiver; For trades are brisk and trades are slow, But mine goes on for ever. 1883 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm i. ix That boy Waldo..has not done a stiver of work all day. 1909 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 672/7 They didn't care a stiver if my head was blown off. < as lemmas |
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