This list of playing card nicknames shows the nicknames of playing cards . Some are generic while some are specific to certain card games; others are specific to patterns, such as the court cards of the Paris pattern and the Tell pattern for example, which often bear traditional names. This list does not contain names that are specific to poker or in schafkopf as it would overwhelm the list and make it difficult to identify non-poker names. Poker nicknames are listed separately here . Schafkopf nicknames are listed separately here .
3-511: One-eyed jack is a playing card in a standard deck of cards. One-eyed jack may also refer to: One-eyed jack The following is a list of nicknames used for individual playing cards of the French-suited standard 52-card pack . Sometimes games require the revealing or announcement of cards, at which point appropriate nicknames may be used if allowed under the rules or local game culture. Nicknames also exist for cards not from
6-463: The army of the usurper. On a playing-card lying on the table beside him he scrawled a contemptuous refusal: "Tell your master I despise his offer, and that honor and conscience are dearer to a gentleman than all the wealth and titles a prince can bestow". Baron Grace was loyal to King James II of England , and risked being shot or hanged for his refusal to give up. One hundred years later, in Kilkenny,
9-533: The standard 52-card pack: ^ The nine of diamonds playing card is often referred to as the Curse of Scotland or the Scourge of Scotland , there are a number of reasons given for this connection: ^ The Six of Hearts is known as loyalty at the risk of death or Grace's Card . This is because in 1689 emissaries of William of Orange called on John Grace, Baron of Courtstown, with an invitation to join
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