Definitions for stivers

stivers sti·ver

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

Stivers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in stivers (eirsstv).

Definitions for stivers

noun

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

Origin of stivers

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

Examples for stivers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for stivers
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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