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spadille

/spuh-dil/US // spəˈdɪl //UK // (spəˈdɪl) //

铲子,铲车,铲运机,铲运车

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the highest trump in certain card games, as the queen of clubs in omber.

Examples

  • The ace of spades, or Spadille, was always the first trump; the ace of clubs (Basto) always the third.

  • Spadille, spa-dil′, n. the ace of spades in the games of ombre and quadrille.

  • In two hours Sir Asinus was sitting at spadille in the exceedingly undress costume of shirt, pantaloons, and silk stockings.

  • "I think, ladies and gentlemen, that I am Spadille this evening," he proclaimed in a voice of ice.