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Search phrase: groat

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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.ii.20As fit as ten groats is for the hand of an attorney,As fit as ten groats is for the hand of an Atturney,
CoriolanusCor III.ii.10To buy and sell with groats, to show bare headsTo buy and sell with Groats, to shew bare heads
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.237Seven groats and two pence.Seuen groats, and two pence.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.187Quoit him down, Bardolph, like a shove-groatQuoit him downe (Bardolph) like a shoue-groat
Henry VH5 V.i.55Ay, leeks is good. Hold you, there is a groat toI, Leekes is good: hold you, there is a groat to
Henry VH5 V.i.57Me a groat?Me a groat?
Henry VH5 V.i.60I take thy groat in earnest of revenge.I take thy groat in earnest of reuenge.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.113Or any groat I hoarded to my use,Or any Groat I hoorded to my vse,
King JohnKJ I.i.94A half-faced groat, five hundred pound a year!A halfe-fac'd groat, fiue hundred pound a yeere?
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.i.144else – of seven groats in mill-sixpences, and two Edwardelse, of seauen groates in mill-sixpences, and two Edward
Richard IIR2 V.v.68The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear.The cheapest of vs, is ten groates too deere.

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Glossary

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groatfourpenny piece
shove-groatshove-halfpenny, shovel-board

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Money... h8 ii iii 36 coin of this value groat 2h4 i ii 237 fourpenny piece mil...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
GROATBASICgroat n
GROATGAMEshove-groat n
SHOVEGAMEshove-groat n

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