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• n  a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
  she led a low spade
  spades were trumps
• n  a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
• n  (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
• v  dig (up) with a spade
  I spade compost into the flower beds

• Spade to spade, what you are asking for is another entitlement program, paid out of tax payer dollars to fund cheaper health insurance to the individual.
• One evening in late September there was a stud-poker and high-spade game in the apartment of one James Meehan.
• But in the arcane world of diplomacy--especially Middle East diplomacy--there are times when calling a spade a spade is the last thing to do.

• nigger
• nigga
• coon
• jigaboo
• nigra

News & Articles

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• Shopgirl: Apple teases iOS7; Kate Spade goes golfing
  Apple's genies have figured out some new magic; and Kate Spade's newest collection shouts "fore!"
  June 13, 2013 - The Augusta Chronicle
• Privacy at the heart of NSA revelations
  The cat's out of the bag. The genie's out of the bottle. The sweater I can't afford is at Nordstrom . It's a Kate Spade cardigan . I mention this not because it matters, but because I might as well.
  June 13, 2013 - Everett Herald
• Saints ballpark costs rise $8.8 million for soil cleanup, sewer work
  Without so much as a spade in the ground, the price tag for the future ballpark in downtown St. Paul has just shot up $8.8 million.
  June 12, 2013 - Pioneer Press

Quotes

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• Prince Harry in This is London
  Life out on patrolling manoeuvres in the desert is even less comfortable, but Harry said: "There's nothing really unpleasant, you just sort of get on with it. You go for a number two, you take your spade and nine times out of ten someone stumbles...
• AJ Foyt in International Herald Tribune
  He calls a spade a spade and kind of calls it like it is,Foyt said, glancing at Stewart. "That's what made AJ what he is today. Good or bad, I meant everything and I really believed it. Today, they sugarcoat it. He doesn't."
• Kevin Rudd in Daily Telegraph
  Calling a spade a spade they kind of got ...... stalemated and frozen,Mr Rudd said.