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n. 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.
Wikipedia
King of Spades is the fourth novel in Frederick Manfred's Buckskin Man Tales. It begins in Iowa before the Civil War and ends in 1876 in Deadwood, S.D.
Category:20th-century American novels Category:Novels set in Iowa Category:Novels set in South Dakota Category:1966 novels
Usage examples of "king of spades".
No, S-J, Bobby thought, and when McQuown turned that card up, it was the king of spades.
Max kept the king of spades and tossed three cards back into the pile.
There were three cards running along in a row: Death, the Devil, and the King of Spades.
The king of spades play would have gotten the ace of clubs out, but three less hearts would play out if you did so.
Her plastic lips parted in a smile, showing her titanium teeth, as she placed her cards down on the table one at a time: nine of spades, ten of spades, jack of spades, queen of spades, king of spades.