dos two beeches

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Pronunciations

dos two beeches (dohs too BEE-chihz) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Fifty cents (four bits).

Example Sentences

  • "That soda costs dos two beeches."

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Languages of Origin

  • Ladino
  • English

Etymology

  • dos means 'two' in Ladino and beeches is a mispronunciation of 'bits'.

      • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      dos 2 beeches, dos two beaches, dos 2 beaches

Notes

  • This was common in the early 19th century; now typically used as an inside joke among Sephardic Jews.

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