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Skiver vs Stiver - What's the difference?

skiver | stiver |

As nouns the difference between skiver and stiver

is that skiver is one who uses a skive (or skives) while stiver is a small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.

As a verb skiver

is to skewer, impale.

skiver

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who uses a skive (or skives).
  • A slacker.
  • (dialect) A skewer.
  • An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
  • The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To skewer, impale.
  • *1863 , Le Fanu,
    • [...] 'it's I that wishes I could be sure 'twas malice, I'd skiver you, heels and elbows, on my sword, and roast you alive on that fire.
  • *1887 , Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders ,
    • I'll finish heating the oven, and set you free to go and skiver up them ducks.
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    stiver

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
  • Anything of small value.
  • * 1761 , , The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman , vol. 4 (Penguin 2003, p. 223):
    • ’Tis not worth a single stiver , said the bandy-leg'd drummer.
  • *1851 ,
    • [A]ll hands, including the captain, received certain shares of the profits called lays . . . . And though the 275th lay was what they call a rather long lay, yet it was better than nothing; and if we had a lucky voyage, might pretty nearly pay for the clothing I would wear out on it, not to speak of my three years' beef and board, for which I would not have to pay one stiver .

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