Meaning of the word: Playing Cards

Usage area

Decks of cards are involved in a huge number of gambling, solitaire, divination and so on. The scope of their application is very wide and is not limited to gambling. 

Description

Playing Cards – cardboard or plastic sheets of rectangular shape used in card games.

A set of cards is called a deck. The most popular is the so-called French deck of fifty – two cards from deuce to ACE of four suits. It can be accompanied by jokers.

In some cases, the suits differ in seniority. 

Many home games use decks of thirty – six or even thirty – two cards. Some types of blackjack involve forty – eight cards (no tens).

In addition to card games, playing cards presented in the puzzles, the tricks of illusionists and fortune-telling.