four bits
nounSlang.
50 cents.
Origin of four bits
1An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Other words from four bits
- four-bit, adjective
Words Nearby four bits
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How to use four bits in a sentence
Well, you can't blame her, in a way; when Bill lit out, he done her out of four-bits!
Free Air | Sinclair LewisDidn't I see the man who had been there and paid his four-bits to cross?
Vignettes Of San Francisco | Almira BaileyWhy, in America, half-a-dozen two-by-four bits would be ample.'
Rudyard Kipling | John PalmerTen dollars apiece was the price of a chance, and it was freeze-out at four-bits a chip.
Bat Wing Bowles | Dane CoolidgeIt cost "four-bits" and drinks to dance, and the dances lasted only a few minutes.
Arizona's Yesterday | John H. Cady
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