nine-spot
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Palou qualified 12th but will actually start 21st because of a nine-spot penalty for an unapproved engine change.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2021
In cards, a nine-spot is one which looks like a lot, but doesn't mean much in play.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had six, with the king high and then the nine-spot.
From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring
They both took two cards, and I stood pat with a nine-spot high.
From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by Devol, George H.
It was a nine-spot, but he had Kid Wolf beaten unless—— Slowly The Kid revealed his hole card.
From Kid Wolf of Texas by Powers, Paul S. (Paul Sylvester)
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