five-spot

[ fahyv-spot ]

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

  2. Slang. a five-dollar bill.

  1. 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

1
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Words Nearby five-spot

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How to use five-spot in a sentence

  • And also: "The five-spot of diamonds, the scaffold, the Place de Roquette."

    There are Crimes and Crimes | August Strindberg
  • A lightning change can be made from a five-spot to a four-spot while swinging the card.

  • Cut out the center pip on the five-spot of spades with a sharp knife.

  • Each was similar to the next, as one old five-spot of clubs resembles another.

    The Virginian | Owen Wister
  • Now take back the five-spot card and place it on the back of the pack, with its face side toward audience.

British Dictionary definitions for five-spot

five-spot

noun
  1. (in the US) a five-dollar bill

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