card roomn.1
/ˈkɑːd ruːm/, /ˈkɑːd rʊm/, U.S. /ˈkɑrd ˌrum/, /ˈkɑrd ˌrʊm/ 1. A room equipped for playing cards, esp. as a social activity.
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1741 Bath Misc. 1740 38 There in Card-Room, or at Ball, To be gaz'd upon by all.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xi. 211 Who is that standing near the card-room door?
1937 Rattle of Theta Chi Nov. 21/1 The card room provides more room for informal social gatherings.
2016 Sunday Times 13 Nov. (Home section) 3/1 At the heart of the home are a large kitchen/dining room with an Aga, a retro card room and a library.
2. Originally and chiefly U.S. (a) A designated area in a casino that offers card games, esp. poker; cf. poker room n.; (b) a commercial gaming establishment licensed exclusively to offer card games for play by the public.
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1926 Pend d'Oreille (Idaho) Rev. 14 Jan. 1/1 The chief of police visited the different places in the city ordinarily used as card rooms but which have been closed the past week due to licenses not having been issued.
2008 Financial Times 1 Nov. (Life & Arts section) 2/2 We were in a private card room at the Bellagio Hotel, where the piles of chips at the table made me dizzy.
2009 V. Coren For Richer for Poorer v. 62 If somebody comes into the card room drunk..I can see my opponents' eyes light up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
card roomn.2
/ˈkɑːd ruːm/, /ˈkɑːd rʊm/, U.S. /ˈkɑrd ˌrum/, /ˈkɑrd ˌrʊm/ A room (esp. in a mill or factory) where wool, etc., is carded.
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1815 S. Ogden Thoughts, Probable Effect Peace on Cotton Manufactures 28 Every parcel of cotton delivered for carding, is taken into a small room adjoining the card-room.
1885 Manch. Examiner 24 July 5/1 An appeal has been issued by the cardroom hands to the trade unionists of the country.
2002 Ann. Agric. & Environmental Med. 9 51/1 These cottons were blended in a card room and the dust released during carding was ducted to a remote room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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