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quarter
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n. Two bits. This in turn comes from the pieces of eight famed in pirate movies Spanish silver crowns that could be broken into eight pie-slice-shaped bits to make change. Early in American history the Spanish coin was considered equal to a dollar, so each of these bits was considered worth 12.5 cents. Syn. tayste , crumb , quad. Usage: rare. General discussion of such terms is under nybble.
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