shivers

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Work as a public sector/government employee has long been a path to the middle class for Black and brown stivers, white ethnics, and immigrants to America.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025

“Do you think stivers grow on my back?” asked the mother the next day.

From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli

Tobacco is rising very fast, being now seven stivers in Holland.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I by Sparks, Jared

Mr. Jacobs said he had a remnant of tin which he would sell us for ten stivers a foot, and we had paid twelve for ours.

From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh

“My Dear Jack, “I am sorry to tell you that the business has all gone to sticks and stivers.

From Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)