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stivers

stivers is the plural of stiver.

Meaning of stiver

Noun

stiver (plural stivers)

  1. (historical) A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
  2. Anything of small value.
    • ’Tis not worth a single stiver, said the bandy-leg'd drummer.1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 4, Penguin, published 2003, page 223

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Proper noun capitalized: Stivers

Stivers

  1. (plural) plural of Stiver

Questions about stivers

What is stivers the plural of?
Stivers is the plural of stiver.
What part of speech is stivers?
Stivers is a proper noun.

Words near stivers in the dictionary

  1. Stitzel
  2. Stitzels
  3. stive
  4. stived
  5. stiver
  6. stivers
  7. Stiverson
  8. Stiversons
  9. stives
  10. stiving
  11. stivot

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