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Joker
A joker is the common name for the representation of a medieval court jester or harlequin. A joker typically wears a floppy, multi-pointed hat made of cloth fabric with jingle bells at the tips of the points. The joker wears colorful clothing, laughs incessantly, and often holds a mock scepter known as a marotte in his hand.
The term joker is most often a reference to one of two special cards in a Anglo-American playing card deck that are used as wild cards.
See also
- Joker (playing card)
- Joker (comics), a Batman villain
- The Joker, an album (and title song of the album) by Steve Miller (musician)
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