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noun

a flat bit projecting to one side near the end of a key.

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In a bit of foreshadowing, he repeated that opinion in November.
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His peers remember him as a bright man who spoke softly and occasionally came across as a bit shy.
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Done, says he, why let fifty of our men advance, and flank them on each wing.
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His idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.
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After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
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The sudden pall of darkness in this strange house of mystery was just a tiny bit awesome.
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Things looked anxious for a bit, but by this morning's dawn all are dug in, cool, confident.
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