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X marks the spot

Idioms  

  1. This mark shows the location, as in On the postcard, X marks the spot where we picked blueberries. Although the use of a cross or X is probably much older, this term was first recorded in 1813.

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X marks the spot in a new children’s book titled “Xavier Marx and the Missing Masterpieces.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2022

Look for that treasure, that if you do not uncover it, it will forever remain just X marks the spot.

From New York Times • May 29, 2021

X marks the spot, its crossed bars creating a fixed point.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

Yes, "there's gold in them thar hills," and X marks the spot.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Is this a treasure map? Where X marks the spot? You were just down there—what’s against the back wall of the Boring Room?”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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