Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The Spanish half-real in the British West Indies.
Examples
“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.”
“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 five copper piece, equal to 5/100 or one twentieth of a dollar, or the half-bit.”
“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.”
“The smallest coin which any body will receive there, is the half-bit, or 1/20 of a dollar.”
“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.”
“The five copper piece, equal to .5, or one-twentieth of a dollar, or the half-bit.”
“The smallest coin which anybody will receive there, is the half-bit, or 1-20 of a dollar.”
“Spanish pistereen, and one of the value of five coppers, which would be equal to the Spanish half-bit.”
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1
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hernesheir Oh, oh, another coin word for the Wordnik money listers... Feb 19, 2011