The groat is a near cousin of the ort, the jot and the tittle. It is exceeding small, until it lands in your eye. Or a pig's eye.
The stern headmaster of Hibbard's Academy of the Arts, Sciences and Busy Work worked me over personally, grouting all the interstices of my education with such oakum as this. He made me what I am today. I would thank him properly, but the statute of limitations has expired and he is beyond the reach of my gratitude.
― Aimless (Aimless), Friday, 3 December 2004 05:35 (nineteen years ago) link