four bits

noun

, Slang.

1. 50 cents.

Other Words From

• four-bit adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of four bits¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

Well, you can't blame her, in a way; when Bill lit out, he done her out of four-bits!

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Didn't I see the man who had been there and paid his four-bits to cross?

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Why, in America, half-a-dozen two-by-four bits would be ample.'

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Ten dollars apiece was the price of a chance, and it was freeze-out at four-bits a chip.

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It cost "four-bits" and drinks to dance, and the dances lasted only a few minutes.

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