four-spot

[ fawr-spot, fohr- ]

noun

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

Origin of four-spot

First recorded in 1875–80

A lightning change can be made from a five-spot to a four-spot while swinging the card.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
True as steel, he was; stuck to me through my four-spot like th' bark to a tree.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
Look—this game is neatly blocked by one little four-spot on that queen.
The Boss of Little Arcady | Harry Leon Wilson
The conversation, always returning to the red king and the black four-spot, ranged idly here and there.
Saturday's Child | Kathleen Norris
Koukou drew, passed a four-spot to the Hetman, gave himself a five.
Atlantida | Pierre Benoit

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