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pin spot
1noun
, Theater.
- a spotlight that produces a narrow beam of light illuminating a very small part of a stage, used especially to focus attention on a detail.
- the beam of light so produced.
pin-spot
2[ pin-spot ]
verb (used with object)
, Theater.
, pin-spot·ted, pin-spot·ting.
- to illuminate with a pin spot.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pin spot1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
But Kate came in,—Kate in one of her fresh-looking pin-spot print frocks.
From Project Gutenberg
Yet, as I followed its footsteps, I saw its form darken a pin-spot of daylight at the end of a crevice of the cavern.
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