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three-spot

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[three-spot] / ˈθriˌspɒt /

noun

  1. a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.


Example Sentences

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The Dodgers responded to Yates’ latest meltdown with a three-spot in the top of the sixth, punctuated by a two-run double from Rojas.

From Los Angeles Times

Unfazed, King said Roberts told her she’d be playing at the three-spot in place of Jackson and Burrell.

From Los Angeles Times

He qualified 18th in the 20-driver field but will start last because he must serve a three-spot grid penalty earned in F1’s last outing, in China.

From Seattle Times

There was also North Carolina’s three-spot jump to No. 4 after beating rival North Carolina State for its third Atlantic Coast Conference road win in as many tries and blowing out Syracuse at home.

From Seattle Times

I tried to dismiss this weird looking “three-spot” imaging motif as an error, but in discussing it we also acknowledged the remote possibility that what we had seen might somehow contradict the classical neuroscience supporting a homunculus.

From Scientific American