Start with a card playing face below the queen, take an illumination torch for the dark, and carve a jagged grin into a pumpkin to ward off evil spirits on Halloween night. What am I?
A jack-o'-lantern
Combines the playing card 'Jack' with a 'lantern' to name the carved pumpkin.
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