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Definition of Ten-spot
1. Noun. One of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ten-spot
Literary usage of Ten-spot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"-penni- nen ten-penny coin, -silma (kortti) ten- spot, -tuhansittain in (1.
by) tens of thousands, -vuotias ten years of age, ten years Old; ..."
2. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... ten- spot, -tuhansittain In (I. by) tens of thousands, -vuotias ten years of
age, ten years Old; ... ten-spot: voitko lai- nata ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"ten-spot. A ten dollar bill. Knick. Mag., xlv. 337 (April). ... It was worth a
ten-spot to see the cuss weep.—'Stray Subjects,' p. 165. Ten-strike. ..."
4. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"All I am interested to know is whether you will beat my ten spot, or whether you
will give ... The ten spot fell for him. " You owe me forty-three thousand, ..."
5. The Genial Showman by Edward Peron Hingston (1881)
"If you play there you will often hold a hand that will astonish you; quite often
four queens and a ten spot, which will inflame you to bet seven or eight ..."
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