Obs. In 6–7 stoter. [Du. stooter.] A Dutch coin worth two stuivers and a half.
1598. W. Phillip, trans. Linschoten, I. xxx. 58. There are many Indians that are daily hired … and haue 12. Basarucos the day, which is as much as two stiuers or a stoter.
1609. Rowlands, Dr. Merrie-man (1877), 14. Now for a Stoter you a Box may haue, That will the liues of halfe a dozen saue.
1616. B. Jonson, Devil an Ass, III. iii. 32. Where could you ha’ … Beene satisfied with a leape o’ your Host’s daughter, In garrison, a wench of a stoter! or, Your Sutlers wife, i’ the leaguer, of two blanks!
1811. P. Kelly, Univ. Cambist, I. 14. Amsterdam…. [Silver Coins] Stooters, [reckoned] at 21/2 Stivers.
