groat

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groat /ɡrəʊt $ ɡroʊt/ noun  [countable]PEC a former British coin that had a low value 格罗特〔旧时英国的低面值硬币〕

Examples from the Corpus

groat• Back in the days when a groat and a half, etc.• The soup was a mash of wheatmeal flour and groats.• They had cooked groats for supper.• He and his fellow inmates were fed three times a week with half-cooked groats and had very little water to drink.• Nora makes a supper of groats and curly kale.• It seemed to me that I smelled groats and mushrooms cooking.• Though the groats had been well covered with gravy, I ate without tasting their flavor.• But one thing is sure, warm groats are better than cold ones.

groat nounChinese  

Corpus coin a value had that former a British low

groat
groat /ɡrəʊt $ ɡroʊt/ noun
[countable] a former British coin that had a low value

groatBrE /ɡrəʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ɡroʊt/ 🔊 nouna silver coin used in Europe in the past 格罗特（欧洲旧时银币）