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  2. Glossary of card game terms - Wikipedia

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    Also called the knave or valet in certain card games. jeton A circular counter which forms the basic unit of scoring or payment, especially in French card games. Often used along with fiches and contrats which are worth more. [37] See also chip. joker A card, usually depicting a jester, used as the highest trump or as a wild card. [70]

  3. Spanish-suited playing cards - Wikipedia

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    Spanish-suited playing cards or Spanish-suited cards have four suits, and a deck is usually made up of 40 or 48 cards (or even 50 by including two jokers). It is categorized as a Latin-suited deck and has strong similarities with the Portuguese-suited deck , Italian-suited deck and some to the French deck .

  4. Wrench - Wikipedia

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    The term wrench is generally used for tools that turn non-fastening devices (e.g. tap wrench and pipe wrench), or may be used for a monkey wrench—an adjustable pipe wrench. [1] In North American English, wrench is the standard term. The most common shapes are called open-end wrench and box-end wrench.

  5. Adjustable spanner - Wikipedia

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    An adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries), also called a shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand) [1] or adjustable wrench (US and Canada), [a] is any of various styles of spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head (nut, bolt, etc.) rather than just one fastener size, as with a conventional fixed spanner.

  6. Socket wrench - Wikipedia

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    A socket wrench (or socket spanner) is a type of spanner (or wrench [1] in North American English) that uses a closed socket format, rather than a typical open wrench/spanner to turn a fastener, typically in the form of a nut or bolt. [2] The most prevalent form is the ratcheting socket wrench, often informally called a ratchet.

  7. Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' gets Spanish ...

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    This audio plug-in, which allows a person to transform their voice into another person's voice, makes it appear as though Lee was back in the recording booth at age 13 singing the song in Spanish.

  8. Spain's crackdown on holiday rentals bodes well for luxury hotels

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    Spanish authorities are encouraging the expansion of luxury hotels as they crack down on a surge in holiday rentals that has triggered anti-tourism protests in places like Barcelona or the Canary ...

  9. Call-ace Whist - Wikipedia

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    Players must follow suit if able, otherwise may play any card. If a Joker is led to any trick after the first, it takes the trick, even if another Joker is played to it. The called ace must be played the first time its suit is led. The trick is won in order by a) a Joker if led, b) the highest trump played or c) the highest card of the led suit.