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History an English silver coin worth four pennies, taken out of circulation in the 17th century

Groat

(Russian grosh, Polish grosz, German Groschen; from Latin denarius grossus, a heavy coin), a coin of various periods and countries.

Coinage of the groat began in Italy in the 12th century and in many other European countries in the 13th and 14th. Initially it was a large silver coin. In the 14th and 15th centuries the weight of the groat and the quality of its metal declined and it came to be used for small change.

In Russia coinage of the grosh was started in 1654. In the 17th and 18th centuries copper groshi worth 2 kopeks were in circulation; in the 19th century the grosh came to be called a half kopek. The groat is a present-day coin of Poland and Austria: the Polish grosz equals ¹/₁₀₀ of a zloty (there are 50-, 20-, 10-, 5-, and 1-grosz coins in circulation), and the Austrian Groschen equals ¹/₁₀₀ of a Schilling (with 50-, 20-, 10-, 2-, and 1-Groschen coins in circulation). Figuratively the term “groat” is used to mean a paltry sum.

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No references found	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	Gritsenko, Nikolai Gritsenko, Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsev Gritsevets, Sergei Gritsevets, Sergei Ivanovich Gritsko Grigorenko Gritsovskii Griva, žanis Griva, zanis Grivas, George Grivennik Grivita Grivna grix Grizodubova, Valentina Grizodubova, Valentina Stepanovna grizzle grizzly grizzly bear grizzly brick grizzly chute Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park grizzly crusher grizzly worker grnd Groat Groat Crops Groats Groats Production Grobina grocer grocery Grocyn, William Grodno Grodno Oblast Grodovka Groeberiidae Groen Van Prinsterer, Guillaume Groenendael Groener, Wilhelm Groening Grof, Stanislav Grofé, Ferde groff grog Groin groin arch groin centering groin rib groin vault groined	groak groan groan groan groan about groan beneath groan out groan under groan under groan with groaned groaned groaned beneath groaned under groaner groaner groaners Groanful groaning groaning groaning beneath Groaning on the Floor in Agony groaning under groaningly groaningly groans groans Groans and Whispers groans beneath groans under Groat Groat Crops groats groats groats groats Groats Production Grob Grobian Grobianus Grobina GROBR GROC GROCC Grocco's sign Grocco's triangle Groce United Methodist Church grocer grocer grocer's Grocer's apostrophe Grocer's apostrophe grocer's itch grocer's itch groceries groceries Grocers Grocers Grocers apostrophe Grocers apostrophe Grocers' apostrophe

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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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