Groat

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
   countable, in-plural, uncountable
3. Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
   archaic, historical
4. Any unit of currency worth four pence.
   archaic, historical
5. A historical English coin representing such a unit: a silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
   archaic, historical
6. A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, And ſcarſe a houſe to hide⟳ her head, Sometimes no penny to buy⟳ her bread, Muſt pay⟳ her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat:”

“The needy groom, that never finger'd groat, Would make⟳ a miracle of thus much coin …”

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