US jazz in abstract terms [theatrical jargon bit , a role]. UK Und. Ecstasy or amphetamine. UK teen , also bits, bitz , one's local neighbbourhhod, esp. US prison who who gets themselves sentenced to prison, preferring incarceration to the world outsiide.
US Und. Show quotations. Dekker Belman of London E4: Before he play what store of Bit , he hath in his Bay , that is what money he hath in his purse, and whether it be in great Cogges or small that is, in gold or silver. Post London 22 Jan. Vaux Vocab. Haggart Autobiog. The cove turned quickly round to make a snatch at him. Egan Finish to the Adventures of Tom and Jerry To prevent mistakes respecting my bit , I have not a bit to leave; it having been with me, for some time past — pockets to let , unfurnished.
Hotten Dict. Thomas Down These Mean Streets 9: I remember the hard work and the very little bit we had, but it was a good little bit. It counted very much. Grose Classical Dict. Banquet of Wit [note] A bit in Barbadoes, is a piece of money valued at 7d. Corcoran Pickings from N. Hotten Sl. It clings to the bit with a deathlike tenacity; clings to it against all reason and against its own interests.
The bit is a mythical quantity. It is neither twelve and a half cents, nor half of twenty-five; it is neither fifteen cents nor ten cents. Bowles fooled us, when he induced us to leave the place? Atchison KS Globe 24 Apr. Rampini Letters from Jamaica The negro nomenclature of coins is as follows: — [ Beckwith Black Roadways The following names [ Four bits , 1s.
Opie Lore and Lang. Welsh Glue 9: Henry then fished in his trouser pockets, producing a couple of two-bob bits. Chicago Record 19 Feb. Gilbert Amer. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation You understand of course that we get our bit out of that mazuma. Come through. Criminal Sl. Times 8 Nov. K3: BIT: A share. Hamilton Men of the Und. Share of proceeds from a theft. A proper handfull, quoth she.
