Tire changes require my mechanical muscle beneath your car's chassis, card players find me smiling alongside the Queen, and carvers cut my lantern smile onto a hollowed pumpkin. What am I?
Jack
Wordplay on a hydraulic car jack, the Jack playing card, and Jack-o'-lantern carved from a pumpkin.
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