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Bristols

Bristols {n.}

The female breasts (Cockney rhyming slang, from Bristol bits = tits, or Bristol City = titty).

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[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

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[four bits] {n.}, {slang} Fifty cents. * /Tickets to the play are four bits," said Bill./ Compare: [TWO BITS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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