a small picture card, formerly given away with cigarettes, now collected as a hobby
Examples of 'cigarette card' in a sentence
cigarette card
Now that cigarette cards are frowned upon, you need another way to look cool and be safe.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Thus, the middle of this show has about it the geekish air of a cigarette-card fair where collections are completed, repeated and swapped.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
And everywhere he went, he took a selection of his precious cigarette cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The subject, too, of numerous caricatures, cigarette cards and publicity photos.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
He traced his ability to order information to his childhood collecting of cigarette cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Pockets made of plastic into which cigarette cards could be inserted.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He enjoyed trips to the theatre and diligently collected the great works of art reproduced on cigarette cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
His father first noticed his extraordinary talent when, aged 7, he started to memorise information from cigarette cards with pictures of aircraft and cars.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Popular songs were written in his honour and his face peered out from china plates and cigarette cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It can be anything related to football, from cigarette cards to computer games, crazy away strips to club songs, cartoon characters to real-life heroes.