FIVE-SPOT • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Five-spot

... sense told him it was cooked. Jimmy finished it still hungry and asked for another. He finished a third and washed down the whole mass with a tall glass of highly watered orange juice. The counterman took his money and was very careful about making the right change; if this dirty kid had swiped the five-spot, it could be the counterman's problem of explaining to someone why he had overcharged. Jimmy's intelligence told him that countermen in a joint like this didn't expect tips, so he saved himself that hurdle. He left the place with a stomach full of food that only the indestructible stomach ...

— The Fourth R • George Oliver Smith

... we collared Ralph and led him off, she must have thought we was headin' him straight for Sing Sing. Anyway, that five-spot ...

— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford