Single Cards
The following is a list of nicknames used for playing cards used in most card games which use the standard 52-card pack. Such games usually require the revealing or announcement of held cards, at which point the nicknames may be used.
Card Name | Initial | Alternative Names | Collective Names | |||
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Ace | A | As-Nas, Clover (A♣) Blackberry (A♣), Bull, Bullet, Death Card (A♠), Eyes, Mastercard, One Spot, Pig's Eye (A♦), Puppy Foot (A♣), Rocket, Seed, Sharp Top, Spadille (A♠), Spike, Spot, Tax Card (A♠) | No-Spotter | Whiteskin | Wheelcard | Broadway Cards, Honor Card |
King | K | Cowboy, K-Boy, Knight, Monarch, Sergeant, Alexander (K♣), Charlemagne (K♥), Charles (K♥), David (K♠), Julius Caesar (K♦), King Without a Mustache (K♥), One-Eyed King (K♦), the Man with the Ax (K♦), Suicide King (K♥), The Butcher of Baghdad (K♦) | Coat Card, Court Card, Face Card, Figure, Liner, Paint, Paintskin, Picture, Picture Card, Redskin, Rembrandt, Royal Cards, Picasso | |||
Queen | Q | Bitch, Cowgirl, Dame, Lady, Girl, Hen, Joy Girl, Painted Lady, Whore, mop-squeezer, Bedpost Queen (Q♠), Argine (Q♣), Black Maria (Q♠), Calamity Jane (Q♠), Helen of Troy (Q♥), Judith (Q♥), Molly Hogan (Q♠), Pallas Athena (Q♠),Fanny Kaplan (Q♠), Stenographer | ||||
Jack | J | Boy, Bower, Fishhook, Hook, J-Bird, J-Boy, Jackal, Jackson, Jacksonville, Jake, John, Johnny, Johnson, Knave, Valet, Fish Hook, Eunuch (J♠), Hector (J♦), Ogier (J♠), La Hire (J♥), Lancelot (J♣), Pam (J♣), Roland (J♦) | ||||
10 | T | Big Cassino (10♦), Dime, Sawbuck, Bo Derek | Spotter | Whiteskin | ||
9 | 9 | Neener, Nina Ross, Niner, Curse of Scotland (9♦), Pothook, Scourge of Scotland (9♦) | Pusher, Spot | |||
8 | 8 | Fat Lady, Ocho, Snowman, 8 Land, Time travel | ||||
7 | 7 | Beer Card (7♦), Candy Cane, Hockey Stick, Mullet, Salmon, Walking Stick | ||||
6 | 6 | A Boot, Grace's Card (6♥), Loyalty at the Risk of Death (6♥), Sax, Sex | ||||
5 | 5 | Five Spot, Nickel, Pedro, Fever | Wheelcard | |||
4 | 4 | Boat, Four Spot, One Legged Ace, Broken Ace, Sailboat, Sharp Top, The Devil's Bedpost (4♣) | ||||
3 | 3 | Crab, Trey, Butts | No-Spotter | |||
2 | 2 | Deuce, Dewey, Duck, Little Cassino (2♠), Swan, The Curse of Mexico (2♠) |
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