queen

playing card

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A queen is a playing card that features a stylized figure of a queen. In a standard 52-card deck, there are four queens, one for each suit: hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. These cards are part of the court cards, which also include the king and jack.12

The Queen of Hearts is also a fictional character from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, known for her tyrannical nature.3

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…deck from which one black queen is discarded. The cards are then dealt around one at a time as far as they will go. It does not matter if some players have one more card than others. Each player starts by discarding any paired cards from in hand.
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…deck from which one black queen is discarded. The cards are then dealt around one at a time as far as they will go. It does not matter if some players have one more card than others. Each player starts by discarding any paired cards from in hand.
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