five-spot

[ fahyv-spot ]

/ ˈfaɪvˌspɒt /

noun

a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing five pips; a domino one half of which bears five pips.

Slang. a five-dollar bill.

a low plant, Nemophila maculata, of the waterleaf family, native to western and central California, having white flowers with a purple spot at the tip of each of its five petals.

Origin of five-spot

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Words nearby five-spot

fiver, fives, five senses, five-speed, five-spice powder, five-spot, five-star, five stones, Five Towns, five W's, Five-Year Plan

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Example sentences from the Web for five-spot

A lightning change can be made from a five-spot to a four-spot while swinging the card.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
And also: "The five-spot of diamonds, the scaffold, the Place de Roquette."
There are Crimes and Crimes|August Strindberg
My friends went back on me—that five-spot was all I had in the world, and it didn't go a long way.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
Now take back the five-spot card and place it on the back of the pack, with its face side toward audience.
More Conjuring|Hercat

It was open, and on the marble slab lay a customer's five-spot.
The Day Time Stopped Moving|Bradner Buckner

British Dictionary definitions for five-spot

five-spot

noun

(in the US) a five-dollar bill

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	five-spot
释义	five-spot [ fahyv-spot ] / ˈfaɪvˌspɒt / noun a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing five pips; a domino one half of which bears five pips. Slang. a five-dollar bill. a low plant, Nemophila maculata, of the waterleaf family, native to western and central California, having white flowers with a purple spot at the tip of each of its five petals. Origin of five-spot An Americanism dating back to 1900–05 Words nearby five-spot fiver, fives, five senses, five-speed, five-spice powder, five-spot, five-star, five stones, Five Towns, five W's, Five-Year Plan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for five-spot A lightning change can be made from a five-spot to a four-spot while swinging the card. The Boy Mechanic, Book 2\|Various And also: "The five-spot of diamonds, the scaffold, the Place de Roquette." There are Crimes and Crimes\|August Strindberg My friends went back on me—that five-spot was all I had in the world, and it didn't go a long way. Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist\|Alexander Berkman Now take back the five-spot card and place it on the back of the pack, with its face side toward audience. More Conjuring\|Hercat It was open, and on the marble slab lay a customer's five-spot. The Day Time Stopped Moving\|Bradner Buckner British Dictionary definitions for five-spot five-spot noun (in the US) a five-dollar bill Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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