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five-spot
noun- a five-dollar note US, 1892
- If I had a five-spot or a ten, they always knew that I was good for it. — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, p. 189, 1990
- a five pound note UK, 1984
Adopted directly from the previous sense. - a prison sentence of five years US, 1901
- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 84, 1949
- A felony. It rates up to a five-spot in Quentin. — Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, p. 53, 1953
- Trial February 19, at which time with some luck I’’ll get hit with a five spot. — James Blake, The Joint, p. 163, 7 January 1957
- — Bruce Jackson, Outside the Law, p. 57, 1972: “Glossary”
- I’ll take a five-spot and go on down. A five-spot does this for him: on his record, it shows that he really did get a conviction, and that is all that ever really matters. — Bruce Jackson, Outside the Law, p. 135, 1972
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