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eight-spot

American  
[eyt-spot] / ˈeɪtˌspɒt /

noun

Slang.
  1. a playing card the face of which bears eight pips.


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Anyhow, the M's now trail 12-2 after Anthony Vasquez and Jeff Gray combined to give up an eight-spot in the fifth inning.

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2011

Their eight-spot Thursday — with all the runs coming in the final four innings — was exactly half of the 16 they had scored combined in the previous nine games of their 4-6 road trip.

From Washington Post Aug. 26, 2011

Their eight-spot Thursday - with all the runs coming in the final four innings - was exactly half of the 16 they had scored combined in the previous nine games of their 4-6 road trip.

From Seattle Times Aug. 26, 2011

The spirits couldn’t tell her where the old man could nail a job or find a gold-mine or mark an eight-spot in Chinese lottery. 

From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by London, Jack

"But as long as he's goin' to welsh on us I hope he lavishes the eight-spot where it'll do him some good."

From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring

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