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hearts

/hɑɹts/ noun A2
  1. One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥.
  2. A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades.
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There were caskets of diamonds, cashmere shawls, Valenciennes lace, English veils, and in fact all the tempting things, the bare mention of which makes the hearts of young girls bound with joy, and which is called the corbeille.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 973 · C1
“That will not trouble him,” continued the man, “for Oz has a large collection of hearts, of all sizes and shapes.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 60 · B2
“You people with hearts,” he said, “have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 37 · B2
Happy hearts and happy faces,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 8 · C1

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