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Example sentences for: spade

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To a knowledgeable pogonologist, a beard is a Bodkin, Cathedral, Ducktail, Goatee, Lavatory Brush, Imperial, Pique-devant, Spade, Stiletto or Vandyke , to name but a few.
So I only wish that while delegitimizing Reed's Christian décor, the author could have called a spade a spade.
Yet another sitcom about a single female journalist, this one has a high-profile cast (George Segal; sex, lies, and videotape 's Laura San Giacomo; and Saturday Night Live 's David Spade).
Y no tengo pelos en la lengua (`And I don't have hair on my tongue: I'm telling you what I think'), that is, llamo al pan pan, y al vino vino (`I'm calling bread bread and wine wine: I'm calling a spade a spade')--it's a muy fascinating language!
The hysterical part is watching Spade's character actually accomplish his mission with the aid and encouragement of several dozen strangers--all men who are desperate to help Finch live out "Every Man's Fantasy."