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spot
noun- a difficult or dangerous position UK, 1936
Usually in phrases: “in a spot” and “in a bit of a spot”. - It was Mrs Thatcher being sweetly reasonable with daggered eyes–“but, Mr Day, what you do not appreciate is ...” putting poor Sir Robin in a spot: should he start calling her Lady Thatcher? — The Guardian, 14 June 1983
- Intel Corp. is in a bit of a spot. The upcoming Itanium processor, the company’s successor to its current Pentium 4 flagship product, is a 64-bit processor, yet most applications aren’t optimized for a 64-bit processor. — Electronic News, 12 March 2001
- a venue, especially a place of entertainment UK, 1936
- Fantastic food and a great location, make this one of the best eating spots around [...] Worth a browse if you want to turn heads when you walk into your favourite night spot. — The Guardian, 15 September 2001
- an apartment or house US
- After a while I got tired of creeping downstairs with the around-the-way girls. I had to get my own spot so I could charge it up a bit. — Style, p. 96, July 2001
- a place in a programme of entertainment, or an item of entertainment performed in such a programme US
- [Harry Secombe was] a graduate of the famous Windmill Theatre where he worked six comedy spots a day, six days a week, between the nudes. — The Guardian, 11 April 2001
- a large party, a convention or other event that is a promising source for swindle victims US
- — Robert C. Prus and C.R.D. Sharper, Road Hustler, p. 171, 1977: “Glossary of terms”
- of food, a portion or meal that should not be described as extravagant; of abstracts like work, rest and pleasure, a small amount UK, 1932
- I told him I was doing a spot of work in the British Library[.] — New Statesman, 4 October 1999
- [T]he first thing they do is strip off the pinstripe uniform and dress down to go out for a pint and maybe a spot of dinner at the Bull & Butcher[.] — The Guardian, 10 March 2001
- This month W.W. Bellows joins the England Football Manager for a spot of lunch at San Lorenzo’s[.] — The Observer, 5 May 2002
- a small measure of drink UK, 1885
- Come on in. Spot of whisky before we set out to paint New York? — Anthony Boucher, The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars, p. 36, 1995
- money US
- I pulled a five spot from my pocket and slipped it in his shirt pocket. — Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury, p. 47, 1947
- Would you have another five-spot to spare? — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 31, 1954
- Got to get a three-spot for that mellow chunk of wax, daddy-oh! — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 17, 1961
- Sep, he go an give me a spot, I ain gonna git me no three. — Robert Gover, One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding, p. 25, 1961
- But from the looks of her and the spots I could get for her to work, I felt the fox would be worth the chase[.] — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 79, 1973
- a one-hundred-pound note; the sum of £100 AUSTRALIA, 1945
After the introduction of decimal currency in 1966, used for $100. - [T]he police had asked for a two spot ($200) in return[.] — Neil James, The (Sydney) Bulletin, 26 April 1975
- — Ryan Aven-Bray, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang, p. 45, 1983
- a prison term, often prefixed with a numeral that denotes the number of years US, 1901
- any of the large suit symbols printed on the face of a playing card US
- — Albert H. Morehead, The Complete Guide to Winning Poker, p. 274, 1967
- in a deck of playing cards, an ace US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 85, 1988
- in poolroom betting, a handicap given in a bet-upon game US
- [B]etter players are always willing to give poorer ones a handicap (“spot”). — Ned Polsky, Hustlers, Beats, and Others, p. 47, 1967
- a central location from which illegal drugs are distributed to street-level dealers US
- At first, Boy George had paid someone $50 to deliver the heroin to his store, or spot. — Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Random Family, p. 46, 2003
- She let us push crack out of the spot and do what we had to do as long as we gave her smoke. — 50 Cent, From Pieces to Weight, p. 112, 2005
▶ put to the spot
to kill someone who has been lured to a rendezvous US- Dutch Schultz was put on the spot. No sooner had he sat down than the two men who had lured him there dived to the floor, as a man in a green hat stepped out from behind a pillar and gave Schultz all his six bullets in the belly[.] — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, New York Confidential, p. 18, 1948
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