Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Polish unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the zloty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a Polish monetary unit, equal to 1/100 of a zloty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Polish
zloty .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 100 groszy equal 1 zloty in Poland
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Polish, from Czech groš, from Medieval Latin (dēnārius) grossus, thick (denarius).]
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Examples
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Wie ist so grosz und schwer die Last [1914] 7 Praise and Thanksgiving 1
Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody 1976
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'Thirty-three roubles ...' groaned Grochowski, 'chop me to bits, but I won't take a grosz more ....
Selected Polish Tales Else C. M. Benecke
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Ein Diadem erkaempfen ist grosz; es wegwerfen ist goettlich.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901
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Ein Diadem erkämpfen ist grosz; es wegwerfen ist göttlich.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886
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