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cabinet card

cabinet card noun: a style of photograph widely used for portraiture in the late 19th century, mounted on a card typically measuring 108 by 165 mm (4 1⁄4 by 6 1⁄2 inches).

cabinet card: a style of photograph widely used for portraiture in the late 19th century, mounted on a card...
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Noun

cabinet card (plural cabinet cards)

  1. (historical) A style of photograph widely used for portraiture in the late 19th century, mounted on a card typically measuring 108 by 165 mm (4 1⁄4 by 6 1⁄2 inches).

Forms of cabinet card

pluralcabinet cards

Words that rhyme with cabinet card

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Questions about cabinet card

What does cabinet card mean?
Cabinet card means a style of photograph widely used for portraiture in the late 19th century, mounted on a card typically measuring 108 by 165 mm (4 1⁄4 by 6 1⁄2 inches).
What part of speech is cabinet card?
Cabinet card is a noun.
What is the plural of cabinet card?
The plural of cabinet card is cabinet cards.

Words near cabinet card in the dictionary

  1. Cabiness
  2. Cabinesses
  3. cabinet
  4. cabinet agencies
  5. cabinet agency
  6. cabinet card
  7. cabinet cards
  8. cabinet control key
  9. cabinet department
  10. cabinet departments
  11. cabinet edition

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