playing card

noun

one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill.

one of any set or pack of cards used in playing games.

Origin of playing card

First recorded in 1535–45

Words nearby playing card

play hard to get, play havoc, play hide and seek, play hooky, playhouse, playing card, playing field, playing trick, play in Peoria, play into the hands of, play it by ear

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Example sentences from the Web for playing card

It enlarges rapidly from a postage-stamp to a playing-card; to a punt and last a pontoon.
With The Night Mail|Rudyard Kipling
The origin of wood-engraving is closely connected with the early history of playing-card manufacture.
Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution|Agnes Arber
At two feet from the body, upon the floor, I saw a playing-card.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar|Maurice Leblanc
He does not appear to have known one playing-card from another.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Do you mean to say that you are a flat surface, like a playing-card, with 'music' painted on you?
Hildegarde's Home|Laura E. Richards

British Dictionary definitions for playing card

playing card

noun

one of a pack of 52 rectangular stiff cards, used for playing a variety of games, each card having one or more symbols of the same kind (diamonds, hearts, clubs, or spades) on the face, but an identical design on the reverseSee also suit (def. 4)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	playing card
释义	playing card noun one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill. one of any set or pack of cards used in playing games. Origin of playing card First recorded in 1535–45 Words nearby playing card play hard to get, play havoc, play hide and seek, play hooky, playhouse, playing card, playing field, playing trick, play in Peoria, play into the hands of, play it by ear Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for playing card It enlarges rapidly from a postage-stamp to a playing-card; to a punt and last a pontoon. With The Night Mail\|Rudyard Kipling The origin of wood-engraving is closely connected with the early history of playing-card manufacture. Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution\|Agnes Arber At two feet from the body, upon the floor, I saw a playing-card. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar\|Maurice Leblanc He does not appear to have known one playing-card from another. The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (of 3)\|Alexander Wheelock Thayer Do you mean to say that you are a flat surface, like a playing-card, with 'music' painted on you? Hildegarde's Home\|Laura E. Richards British Dictionary definitions for playing card playing card noun one of a pack of 52 rectangular stiff cards, used for playing a variety of games, each card having one or more symbols of the same kind (diamonds, hearts, clubs, or spades) on the face, but an identical design on the reverseSee also suit (def. 4) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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