court-cardn.

Etymology: An alteration of the earlier name coat-card n. (readily suggested by the personages represented on these cards): see also card n.² 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourt-card.

1. A playing card bearing the figure of a king, queen, or knave; a picture-card.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > picture-card

coat-card1563

coated card1566

coat1589

court-card1641

courtier1658

face1674

picture card1707

faced-card1708

pictured card?1770

face carda1804

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 54 To blow them down like a past-bord House built of Court-Cards.

1650 E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 192 If a Presbiterian or Scotch court card were trumpe.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 260 When all the Court-cards get together, and are acted by one Mind, the Game is usually turn'd accordingly.

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 49, 55.

1853 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. II. xv. 18 Whom he took with him wherever he went, like a poor old limp court-card.

2. figurative. Obsolete slang and dialect. [Compare card n.² 3]

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > parvenu or imitator of upper classes

Jack-gentleman1550

truck-knight1625

court-card1699

parvenu1787

cocktail1839

gent1843

shoneena1849

snob1848

shoddyite1865

got-up1881

shoddy1904

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Court-card, a gay fluttering Fellow.

1725 in New Canting Dict.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Court-card, ‘He's gotten to be a court-card noo’ is said of some one who has risen very much in social position.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	court-card
释义	court-cardn. Etymology: An alteration of the earlier name coat-card n. (readily suggested by the personages represented on these cards): see also card n.² 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourt-card. 1. A playing card bearing the figure of a king, queen, or knave; a picture-card. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > picture-card coat-card1563 coated card1566 coat1589 court-card1641 courtier1658 face1674 picture card1707 faced-card1708 pictured card?1770 face carda1804 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 54 To blow them down like a past-bord House built of Court-Cards. 1650 E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 192 If a Presbiterian or Scotch court card were trumpe. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 260 When all the Court-cards get together, and are acted by one Mind, the Game is usually turn'd accordingly. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 49, 55. 1853 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. II. xv. 18 Whom he took with him wherever he went, like a poor old limp court-card. 2. figurative. Obsolete slang and dialect. [Compare card n.² 3] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > parvenu or imitator of upper classes Jack-gentleman1550 truck-knight1625 court-card1699 parvenu1787 cocktail1839 gent1843 shoneena1849 snob1848 shoddyite1865 got-up1881 shoddy1904 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Court-card, a gay fluttering Fellow. 1725 in New Canting Dict. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Court-card, ‘He's gotten to be a court-card noo’ is said of some one who has risen very much in social position. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1641
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