DCHP-1 Online
two bits † Slang 
twenty-five cents.
See also: bit (def. 1 and note)
- 1860 Two bits to the pan is an excellent prospect.
- 1912 The first thing that struck us as out of the common was the sight of several inanimate bodies sprawled in the mud of the trail . . . The instrument of havoc was "squirrel whiskey" at two bits a drink.
- 1964 . . . they would cross the Fraser to Hope in a gasboat (fare, two bits). . . .
- 1860 Two bits to the pan is an excellent prospect.