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tenspot

[ten-spot]

ten-spot

[ten-spot]
noun
1.
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
2.
Slang. a ten-dollar bill.

Origin:
1835–45
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Tenspot is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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ten-spot definition


  1. n.
    a ten-dollar bill. : I slipped him a ten-spot, and suddenly there was a table available.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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