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four bits

four bits {n.}, {slang}

Fifty cents.

Tickets to the play are four bits," said Bill.

Compare: TWO BITS.

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two bits

[two bits] {n.}, {slang} Twenty-five cents; a quarter of a dollar. * /A haircut only cost two bits when Grandfather was young./ Compare: [FOUR BITS], [SIX BITS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

six bits

[six bits] {n.}, {slang} Seventy-five cents. * /"Lend me six bits till Friday, Sam," said Jim. "I've spent all my allowance."/ Compare: [TWO BITS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

bit

[bit] See: [A BIT], [CHAMP AT THE BIT], [FOUR BITS], [QUITE A LITTLE] or [QUITE A BIT], [SIX BITS], [TAKE THE BIT IN ONE'S MOUTH], [TWO BITS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Bristols

[Bristols] {n.} The female breasts (Cockney rhyming slang, from Bristol bits = tits, or Bristol City = titty). British slang (Wikipedia)

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