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six pointer

six pointer is the alternative form of six-pointer.

Meaning of six-pointer

Noun

six-pointer (plural six-pointers)

  1. A match between two teams on a similar number of points (in a league using the three-points-for-a-win system); so called because the difference between a side winning and losing the match is a six-point swing relative to their opponents.
    • Sammy Lee has gone from Bolton and Fulham's Lawrie Sanchez is talking about six-pointers.2007, Stuart Barnes, Sanchez's six-pointer stalemate, The Guardian

Forms of six pointer

pluralsix pointers

Questions about six pointer

What is six pointer the alternative form of?
Six pointer is the alternative form of six-pointer.

Words near six pointer in the dictionary

  1. six pack
  2. six packs
  3. six penny nail
  4. six penny nails
  5. six perfections
  6. six pointer
  7. six pointers
  8. six senses
  9. Six Sigma
  10. six thousand
  11. six to one, half dozen to another

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