Bit (money)
The word bit is a colloquial expression referring to specific coins in various coinages throughout the world. In the United States, the bit is equal to 1/8th of a dollar or 12.5 cents.
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Famous quotes containing the word bit:
“The public, with its mob yearning to be instructed, edified and pulled by the nose, demands certainties; it must be told definitely and a bit raucously that this is true and that is false. But there are no certainties.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)