two bits
twenty-five cents.
Origin of two bits
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How to use two bits in a sentence
Blessed old "two-bits" and a "dollar six-bits" are the only woolly things left over from the old wild West.
Vignettes Of San Francisco | Almira Bailey"Two-bits," said I. And once more she rippled into uncontrollable silvery laughter.
The Road | Jack LondonAt the time dues to the Society were two-bits a year—not enough to allow a very extensive publication.
Some Current Folk-Songs of the Negro | Will H. ThomasSwell car—poor man with no eats, not even a two-bits flop for tonight.
Free Air | Sinclair LewisLaws, you could have a million dollars, and old Pete wouldn't take two-bits.
Free Air | Sinclair Lewis
Other Idioms and Phrases with two bits
see under for two cents.
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