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
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.
Among them was one old nine-spot which turned the scales at two and a quarter pounds after having been out of the water over two hours.
From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by Shields, George O.
He's the sort of man you can't love or hate; he's a nine-spot.
From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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