Definitions for stiver

stiver sti·ver

Spelling: [stahy-ver]
IPA: /ˈstaɪ vər/

Stiver is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in stiver (eirstv).

Definitions for stiver

noun

  1. Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
  2. the smallest possible amount:

Origin of stiver

First recorded in 1495-1505, stiver is from the Dutch word stuiver

Examples for stiver

“I have not a stiver,” said Daley, feeling first in one pocket, then in the other.

I have not a stiver to leave any one; so don't you count on that.

Not a stiver would they get in Belfast, until backed by the Queen's troops.

To force her was the way to stiver up every contrary emotion.

Not a stiver in his pockets, nor as much as a sleeve-link to help pay for the burial.'

Hadn't a stiver left one night, but I pawned my grandfather's Louis xiv.

This poor wretch from Exeter had not a stiver about him, so they refused to shift him.

If the farrier comes I cannot pay him his bill for my mantle, for I haven't got a stiver.

"Not worth a stiver" is a colloquialism to express a person's poverty.

When you begin to lose, it is time to get out,—not wait until every stiver is gone.

Word Value for stiver
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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