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card houses

card houses is the plural of card house.

Meaning of card house

Noun

card house (plural card houses)

  1. A house of cards.
    • So the whole caravansary had fallen in like a card house at the disapproval in her eyes.1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
  2. A business where patrons play cards.
    • He owned a goulash or card house, on upper Broadway, where I got many laughs.1956, Across the Board, page 121

Questions about card houses

What is card houses the plural of?
Card houses is the plural of card house.

Words near card houses in the dictionary

  1. card games
  2. card girl
  3. card girls
  4. card giving
  5. card house
  6. card houses
  7. card index
  8. card indexes
  9. card indices
  10. card key
  11. card keys

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