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three-spot

[three-spot] /ˈθriˌspɒt/

noun

1.

a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.

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She has got a brother, but he don't amount to shucks—he ain't much more'n a three-spot.

The Spenders Harry Leon Wilson
The next turn showed up a queen for Tinhorn and a three-spot for Smith.

'Me-Smith' Caroline Lockhart

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