four-spot

[ fawr-spot, fohr- ]
/ ˈfɔrˌspɒt, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing four pips; a domino, one half of which bears four pips.

Origin of four-spot

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby four-spot

four-on-the-floor, four-part, four-part harmony, four-poster, four-rowed barley, four-spot, four-star, four-striper, four-stroke, four-way, four-wheel

Example sentences from the Web for four-spot

  • Koukou drew, passed a four-spot to the Hetman, gave himself a five.

    Atlantida |Pierre Benoit

  • A lightning change can be made from a five-spot to a four-spot while swinging the card.

    The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 |Various

  • True as steel, he was; stuck to me through my four-spot like th' bark to a tree.

    Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist |Alexander Berkman