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groat

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groat  (grt)
n.
An English silver coin worth four pence, used from the 14th to the 17th century.
[Middle English grot, from Middle Dutch groot, a thick, large coin, translation of Medieval Latin (dnrius) grossus, thick (denarius).]
groat [grəʊt]
n
(Historical Terms) an English silver coin worth four pennies, taken out of circulation in the 17th century
[from Middle Dutch groot, from Middle Low German gros, from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus thick (coin); see groschen]
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Noun1.groatgroat - a former English silver coin worth four pennies
fourpence
coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money


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They would betray one's private life for a groat, for they hold nothing sacred.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
He was not rich, but would spend his last groat to be better dressed than others, and would rather deprive himself of many pleasures than allow himself to be seen in a shabby equipage or appear in the streets of Petersburg in an old uniform.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
" This he bound by an oath too shocking to repeat; and after many violent asseverations, concluded in these words: "I am resolved upon the match, and unless you consent to it I will not give you a groat, not a single farthing; no, though I saw you expiring with famine in the street, I would not relieve you with a morsel of bread.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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