duits

/duts/
noun
  1. A small coin formerly used in the Netherlands, worth about two cents.
    • She paid the merchant with a handful of duits and some silver.
    • The old man found a duit in his grandfather's coin collection.
    • In the 17th century, a loaf of bread cost only a few duits.
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