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king of spades
noun
One of the 52 playing cards from a standard pack as used for bridge and poker, with a picture of a king, with a nominal value of 13, and with the spades suit.
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For example: King of diamonds, king of clubs, king of hearts, king of spades, ten of diamonds, ten of clubs, ten of hearts, ten of spades.
Also, North used Blackwood when he could not be certain that his partner had the ace or king of spades.
But there seemed a chance to make the contract by drawing trumps, so the declarer cashed the king of spades.
The defense began by taking the ace and king of spades, and West continued with the deuce.
He then cashed the ace and king of spades and ruffed another club, only to see West overruff.
He would had to cash the ace and king of spades, the second of which would have forced East to discard a diamond.
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Suppose West ducks the king and queen of spades.
South cashed his king and queen of spades, discarding diamonds from the dummy.
The list consisted of the kings of spades, diamonds, hearts and clubs – and the King of England.
Declarer held the ace-king of spades and two hearts.
Clearly West had underled the ace-king of spades.
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