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court cards

court cards is the plural of court card.

Meaning of court card

Noun

court card (plural court cards)

  1. A king, queen, jack, or sometimes ace in a standard deck of playing cards.
    • The King, his father, wearing a very white sports shirt open at the throat and a very black blazer, sat at a spacious desk whose highly polished surface twinned his upper half in reverse, making of him a kind of court card.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 4.1, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 84
    Synonyms:
    face card, paint
  2. (UK, historical) A postcard measuring approximately 4·75″ × 3·5″, in use mainly circa 1894–1902.

Questions about court cards

What is court cards the plural of?
Court cards is the plural of court card.

Words near court cards in the dictionary

  1. court appearances
  2. court baron
  3. court bouillon
  4. court bouillons
  5. court card
  6. court cards
  7. court case
  8. court cases
  9. court circular
  10. court circulars
  11. court costs

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