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Five-spot   /faɪv-spɑt/   Listen
noun
five-spot  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A California annual (Nemophila maculata) having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal.
Synonyms: five spot, Nemophila maculata.
2.
A playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips.
3.
A five-dollar bill. (U. S. slang)





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"Five-spot" Quotes from Famous Books



... finished a third and washed down the whole mass with a tall glass of highly watered orange juice. The counterman took his money and was very careful about making the right change; if this dirty kid had swiped the five-spot, it could be the counterman's problem of explaining to someone why he had overcharged. Jimmy's intelligence told him that countermen in a joint like this didn't expect tips, so he saved himself that hurdle. He left the place with a stomach full of food ...
— The Fourth R • George Oliver Smith
... man tightened his lips as he saw. Suddenly he began betting in gold, ten dollars for each card he drew. The others were out of that hand. Andy, breathless, for he had an ace down, saw a three and a two fall—took the long chance, and, with the luck behind him, watched a five-spot flutter down to join his draw. Yet Larry, taking the same draw, was not busted. He had a pair of deuces and a four. There he stuck, and it stood to reason that he could not win. Yet he bet recklessly, raising Andy twice, until the latter ...
— Way of the Lawless • Max Brand
... five-spot I didn't know I had! I believe I'll play it on the races and see what it'll do for me. Maybe ...
— Calvary Alley • Alice Hegan Rice
... we collared Ralph and led him off, she must have thought we was headin' him straight for Sing Sing. Anyway, that five-spot ...
— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford
... sense told him it was cooked. Jimmy finished it still hungry and asked for another. He finished a third and washed down the whole mass with a tall glass of highly watered orange juice. The counterman took his money and was very careful about making the right change; if this dirty kid had swiped the five-spot, it could be the counterman's problem of explaining to someone why he had overcharged. Jimmy's intelligence told him that countermen in a joint like this didn't expect tips, so he saved himself that hurdle. He left the place with a stomach full of food that only the indestructible stomach ...
— The Fourth R • George Oliver Smith


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