Citations:babbitt

English citations of babbitt

1. 1996, The Florida Historical Quarterly, volume 75, Florida Historical Society, page 138:

   Metal tokens, more commonly called babbitts, had the company name printed on one side, and "good for $1.00 in merchandise" or "good for .50 in merchandise," stamped on the other side. […] Officially, the company issued merchandise checks and babbitts at the request of the worker, but since paydays were infrequent and irregular, workers regularly had to take pay advances to survive.