ten-spot
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- noun
- /tɛn spɑt/
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diez
- But when a drunk handed me a ten spot, after a request ... ... I couldn’t get very excited.
Examples
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I bet you wouldn't object... if I slipped a ten-spot in your undies.
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During the game, she laid down a ten-spot to increase her bet.
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I got a ten spot for two quarters.
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Got a ten-spot for you too.
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You were in for a ten-spot.
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And then I did that ten-spot with you at Leavenworth.
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Oh, Doctor, you should've played your queen instead of the ten-spot.
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Skip carelessly threw a ten-spot on the bar.
Fiction book (2001) -
When a man can come to Las Vegas with a few extra bucks in his pocket... ...throw a ten-spot down on a table... ...pay an extra dollar for a steak with his eggs... ...that's a happy day for that man.
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In poker, I played the ten-spot and won the hand.
Synonyms
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A playing card that shows the number after nine and before eleven, one in each suit
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Morphology
Etymology
Ten-spot is simply a compound of ten and spot, where spot means a small 'mark' or 'dot' like the dots on dice or dominoes. So a ten-spot is the playing card that has ten of those marks, which is why players call the ten card a ten-spot.