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five-spot

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five-spot
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) (in the US) a five-dollar bill
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Noun1.five-spotfive-spot - a United States bill worth 5 dollars
bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, bill, note - a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
nickel note, nickel - five dollars worth of a drug; "a nickel bag of drugs"; "a nickel deck of heroin"
2.five-spot - California annual having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal
nemophila - any plant of the genus Nemophila
3.five-spot - a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
dice, die - a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
domino - a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots
spot - a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot"


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Whatever it was that got to Derek Lowe on Tuesday at Chicago -- causing him to give up a five-spot in the fifth inning of a game the Dodgers had been leading by seven runs but would eventually lose -- appeared to have subsided Sunday.
And you might think that joke is dumb, but a five-spot says you'll tell it to someone, even if it's that second-grader you're babysitting.
Our first upgrade of the five-spot drill is called "On the Move.
 
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