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(card games) The ace of spades or the ace of clubs. / (ice hockey) A player from a junior league who is called up by an NHL team after their original team's season has ended and kept as a reserve player.

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black ace

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Source Word

black ace

Noun

slang euphemistic obsolete

Japanese Meaning

カードゲームにおいて、スペードまたはクラブのエースを指す。 / アイスホッケーにおいて、ジュニアリーグから昇格し、元のチームのシーズン終了後に控え選手として登録される選手を指す。

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He won the last trick by playing the black ace, silencing the room.

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彼はスペードのエースを出して最後のトリックを取り、部屋を静かにした。

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(card games) The ace of spades or the ace of clubs.

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(ice hockey) A player from a junior league who is called up by an NHL team after their original team's season has ended and kept as a reserve player.

At one time or another every Springfield player was designated a "black ace." According to Kilrea, that meant reporting to the rink at 8:30 in the morning and skating from 9 to 11. Another session followed in the afternoon, from 12 to 2, and Shore would keep his ace, or aces, out on the ice sometimes until 4 P.M. All in the name of discipline.

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