Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Spanish half-real in the British West Indies.
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Examples
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More probably the men in suits who handle him sat down and thought, "Well, nothing else worked; we're running weak, half-bit morons against some real badass upstarts; one of them looks like the Marlboro Man ... to hell, better just send the President."
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"It tore in half today and I've got the bits in my pocket I'll put a half-bit in through the wire!"
The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat Blyton, Enid 1957
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Perhaps it would not be amiss to coin three, more pieces of silver, one of the value of five tenths, or half a dollar, one of the value of two tenths, which would be equal to the Spanish pistereen, and one of the value of five coppers, which would be equal to the Spanish half-bit.
Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies Jefferson, Thomas 1829
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The smallest coin which any body will receive there, is the half-bit, or 1/20 of a dollar.
Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies Jefferson, Thomas 1829
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The five copper piece, equal to 5/100 or one twentieth of a dollar, or the half-bit.
Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies Jefferson, Thomas 1829
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The smallest coin which anybody will receive there, is the half-bit, or 1-20 of a dollar.
Autobiography 1821
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Perhaps it would not be amiss to coin three more pieces of silver, one of the value of five-tenths, or half a dollar, one of the value of two-tenths, which would be equal to the Spanish pistareen, and one of the value of five coppers, which would be equal to the Spanish half-bit.
Autobiography 1821
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The five copper piece, equal to .5, or one-twentieth of a dollar, or the half-bit.
Autobiography 1821
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The smallest coin which any body will receive there, is the half-bit, or 1/20 of a dollar.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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The five copper piece, equal to 5/100 or one twentieth of a dollar, or the half-bit.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Thomas Jefferson 1784
hernesheir commented on the word half-bit
Oh, oh, another coin word for the Wordnik money listers...
February 19, 2011