| money, from Spanish peso see also: dollar | |
| dollar see also: money | |
| quarter, twenty-five cents literally "two bits" - The term "two bits" dates to colonial America when Spanish dollars or "pieces of eight" circulated. 1⁄8 of a dollar (12 1⁄2¢) was one "bit", and thus 1⁄4 dollar was "two bits." | |
| put (those) down (again and again)! (command) | |