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So what's a Grote?
Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Started conversation Apr 2, 2009
In Blackadder III, when the actors come over to teach the Prince how to give a speech, Blackadder gets fed up and leaves, saying to Baldrick: "I wouldn't bet you one Grote that you could survive 5 minutes without me."
May I assume that Grote is an old slang word for penny?
So what's a Grote?
Wand'rin star Posted Apr 2, 2009
Spell it 'groat' and it was a silver coin in the middle ages worth four old pence. 
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