centrebit
English
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Etymology
Noun
centrebit (plural centrebits)
- An instrument turning on a centre, for boring holes.
- 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “With Cat-Like Tread”, in The Pirates of Penzance […], Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., published 1880, →OCLC, page 34:
- Here's your crowbar
And your centre-bit
Your life-preserver—
You may want to hit!