| 单词 | ten-spot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasten-spot b. With preceding numeral, as two-spot, five-spot, ten-spot, etc. extracted from spotn.1adv. (a) colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A playing card having the specified number of pips. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card > others twoa1500 cater1519 single ten1595 ten1595 eight1598 four1599 nine1599 six1599 seven1656 deuce1674 five1674 trey1680 spot1830 four-spot1878 two-spot1885 five-spot1913 ten-spot ladybird- 1830 Constellation (N.Y.) 23 Oct. The two spot plays the deuce with you; and if you trust the three, you are likely to be be-tray-ed. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West iv. 92 The ace is your winning card. The eight and ten spot win for me. 1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy vii. 118 As the Queen slid off a five-spot showed. 1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. b8/3 South won the opening trump lead with his ten-spot. 2009 N. R. Werthamer Risk & Reward i. 5 A three-spot has the value three. (b) U.S. slang. A note worth the specified number of dollars. ace-spot n. a one-dollar bill; cf. ace n.1 5. V-spot n. a five-dollar bill; cf. V n. 4b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > U.S. > five-dollar bill V-note1837 V-spot1838 finnip1839 fiver1843 five-spot1896 fin1925 pound1928 1838 Boston Morning Post 22 May His Honor..‘lent’ him the use of the Jail..till he can get some friend to fork over a ‘V.’ and ‘Two Spot’, together with the cost of prison-grub, and turnkey's fees. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. viii. 103 I vow my holl sheer o' the spiles wouldn't come nigh a V spot. 1896 Sun (N.Y.) 16 Feb. iii. 2/7 But one single dollar remained of that five spot. 1921 P. Casey & T. Casey Gay-cat ix. 92 He fumbled..in his trousers pocket. ‘It's not much—only an ace spot.’.. It was a dollar bill. 1971 B. Malamud Tenants 153 Hi, sugar, I took a ten-spot out of your loose change. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 17 Aug. 28/2 A side of sweet plantains for a ten-spot. (c) slang (originally and chiefly U.S. Criminals' slang). A term of imprisonment of the specified number of years. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of time1790 lagging1819 stretch1821 model1845 birdlime1857 penal1864 prison sentence1867 rap1870 bit1871 spot1895 hard time1896 sleep1911 jolt1912 bird1924 fall1926 beef1928 trick1933 porridge1950 custodial sentence1951 1895 N.-Y. Times 4 Aug. 19/7 Say billy i think i am ditched this time. i think i am good for a five spot. 1907 J. London Road 84 He had never been in the particular penitentiary to which we were going, but he had done ‘one-’, ‘two-’, and ‘five-spots’ in various other penitentiaries (a ‘spot’ is a year). 1966 ‘M. Brewer’ Man against Fear x. 105 He was serving a three spot for conning. When he was in the stir he got into a row with one of the warders. < as lemmas |
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