two-spot
Americannoun
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a playing card or the upward face of a die that bears two pips, or a domino one half of which bears two pips.
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Informal. a two-dollar bill.
noun
Etymology
Origin of two-spot
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Those individuals, the researchers found, exhibited the same temperature-tracking RNA-related changes as the California two-spot octopuses they had tested in the lab.
From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2023
For one, it’s much bigger — a two-spot octopus tank at the Marine Biological Laboratory has a brick on top so its occupant can’t get out.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2022
Back came the Braves, who put up another two-spot in their half.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2021
But its arrival has caused concern that it is displacing some native species, such as the two-spot ladybird.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2018
‘Yep. Where Miss goes these days, that child goes too. Izzy’— no one had ever before called the little girl this—‘goes dressed as a two-spot, holding up Miss Lavinia’s train.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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