a bit
A small amount of anything; also, a short period of time. For example, Here's a bit of wrapping paper, or It'll be ready in a bit, or Just wait a bit. [c. 1600]
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How to use a bit in a sentence
Aud Snow, a notified clock-makker 'at lived up aboon abit here, had the managing of her a lang time, at so much a year.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldNullus abit dies, quin ut minimum tres horas easque studiis optimas in orationibus ponat.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV | J. H. Merle D'Aubign"It's all a matter of 'abit," he went on, as he replaced the twenty-five tin box with the vulgar wrapper.
A Thief in the Night | E. W. HornungIt ain't a feather-bed in the old house at home, but I've sort of lost the feather-bed 'abit lately.
One-Act Plays | VariousOnce yer git 'im into an 'abit, yer cawn't git 'im out of it agyne.
The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays) | John Galsworthy
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