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pope joan  

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  • Pope Joan is a card game for three to eight players, played with a traditional 52-card deck from which the eight of diamonds has been removed. British in origin, it is an 18th-century member of the Stops family of card games. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Pope Joan]

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