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alex | spades |

As a proper noun Alex

is a given name derived from Ancient Greek.

As a noun spades is

plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

As a verb spades is

third-person singular of spade.

alex

English

Proper noun

(es)
  • .
  • * 2006 (Kate Atkinson), One Good Turn (Black Swan(2007), ISBN 9780552772440), page 81:
  • *:Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex' Blake' had a certain dash to it. His publishers hadn't considered Martin's own name to be 'punchy' enough. The pseudonym ' Alex Blake was chosen after much deliberation, most of which excluded Martin. 'A strong, no-nonsense sort of name', his editor said, 'to compensate'. For what, she didn't say.
  • , short form of Alexandra or the female name Alexis, or a spelling variant of Alix.
  • * 2008 , The Northern Clemency (Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799), page 588:
    • 'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think who it was.'
    'Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.'

    Anagrams

    * * English unisex given names ----

    spades

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • English plurals
  • One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol .
  • A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps.

    • Derived terms

    * ace of spades * in spades * jack of spades * king of spades * knave of spades * queen of spades

    Related terms

    * spade

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spade)

    • Anagrams

    * ----