spades

Etymology

noun

  1. plural of spade

noun

  1. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
  2. A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps.
    Griff and his cronies played spades at the back of the classroom. 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 57

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spade

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