| 词汇 | short bit |
| 词源 | short bit. In the old West, the short bit was a dime, being 2½ cents short of a bit (12½ cents). According to A Dictionary of Americanisms, “In the West, when small coins, except the dime and the quarter (2 bits), were scarce, a dime was accepted in payment for anything priced at one bit. A long bit was the equivalent of 15 cents, being the price paid when a dime was returned as change from a quarter tendered for a purchase priced at one bit.” |
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