spades
playing cards suit
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In a standard 52-card deck, spades are one of the four suits, represented by a black figure resembling a stylized spearhead. Spades are always the trump suit in the trick-taking card game of the same name, which became popular in the United States. In contract bridge and the game of spades, having something "in spades" means possessing it in great abundance. The term "spade" for the card suit originates from the Italian or Spanish word for broadsword.123
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