Four-bits
noun, Slang.
1.
50 cents.
noun phrase
Half a dollar; 50 cents
[1840s+; originally a bit was a Mexican or Spanish real, worth 12½ cents, or a part of a more valuable coin, such that eight would make a dollar; ultimately fr 18th-century British slang bit, ”a small piece of money”]
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