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grosz

1 American  
[grawsh] / grɔʃ /

noun

plural

groszy

  1. an aluminum coin of Poland, one 100th of a zloty.

Grosz 2 American  
[grohs] / groʊs /

noun

  1. George, 1893–1959, U.S. painter and graphic artist, born in Germany.

Grosz 1 British  
/ ɡrɔs, ɡrəʊs /

noun

  1. George. 1893–1959, German painter, in the US from 1932, whose works satirized German militarism and bourgeois society

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grosz 2 British  
/ ɡrɔːʃ /

noun

  1. a Polish monetary unit worth one hundredth of a złoty

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Etymology

Origin of grosz

First recorded in 1945–50; from Polish, from Czech groš; groschen

Example Sentences

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Admission only five copecks, only five copecks! . . . for the poorer people only ten groszy!

From Project Gutenberg

Janina knew that the chorus girls even after the most profitable performance received only fifty copecks on account and usually only two gold pieces or forty groszy.

From Project Gutenberg

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