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Its original French name is Trèfle which means "clover" and the card symbol depicts a three-leafed clover leaf.The Italian name is Fiori ("flower"). However, the English name "Clubs" is a translation of basto, the Spanish name for the suit of batons, suggesting that Spanish-suited cards were used in England before French suits were invented.
Batons or clubs is one of the four suits of playing cards in the standard Latin deck along with the suits of cups, coins and swords. 'Batons' is the name usually given to the suit in Italian-suited cards where the symbols look like batons. 'Clubs' refers to the suit in Spanish-suited cards where the symbols look more like wooden clubs.
A senior center (or senior centre or older adult center) is a type of community center where older adults congregate for fellowship with others to fulfill many of their social, physical, emotional, and intellectual needs. A regular part of senior centers is card and board games, along with video games as that generation moves into old age.
5. Senior living can prevent social isolation. Humans are social beings who want to fit into a group of like-minded individuals. Seniors experience increased happiness, feel a sense of purpose ...
Ranking indicates which cards within a suit are better, higher or more valuable than others, whereas there is no order between the suits unless defined in the rules of a specific card game. In most decks, there is exactly one card of any given rank in any given suit. A deck may include special cards that belong to no suit, often called jokers.
The Probus Club of Caterham was met with success, and became known among other Rotary Clubs with new clubs being founded. In 1974, Probus expanded into New Zealand and by 1976 the idea had spread to Australia. [3] The first Probus club for seniors in North America was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Galt in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada in 1987 ...
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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. King (K): Cowboy, [1] Monarch [1] King of Clubs (K ♣): Alexander [2]