groat


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
groat/ɡrəʊt/
noun historical an English silver coin worth four old pence.
– origin from MDu. groot or Mid. Low Ger. grōte ‘great, thick’, hence ‘thick penny’; cf. groschen.
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