Definitions
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- noun one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face
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Examples
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There were spiky conkers ripening, red-berried cuckoo pint, and numerous seven-spot ladybirds to be seen, and all the way we were watched by grazing Highland cattle.
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There were numerous seven-spot ladybirds to be seen along the way.
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His homer greeted Red Sox reliever Manny Delcarmen and was the big blow when the Indians scored seven runs in the fifth inning, their second seven-spot in the last three games.
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The two-spot and seven-spot ladybirds are particularly threatened.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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You'd have thought with us taking two yesterday and then coming out with a seven-spot it would pretty much have knocked them down.
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He already had a ten; now he drew a seven-spot and king in succession.
Vandover and the Brute Frank Norris 1886
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He used to say, frequently, that a king to him was no more than a seven-spot.
Comic History of the United States Bill Nye 1873
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A seven-spot in the sixth catapulted the Marlins to a 13-5 romp that got them back to .500 (26-26) and a 15-14 May record.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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Boston College has made a habit of putting up big numbers in recent games, going for seven in the Hockey East finals against Maine, nine in a regional final against Yale and Thursday night's seven-spot.
INCH Feed 2010
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The legendary E*TRADE babies are back, this time in a seven-spot campaign produced from start to finish by Click 3X.
CGArena - Get Attention in the Computer Graphics Community 2010
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