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face card

face card noun: a playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.

Noun

face card (plural face cards)

  1. (US) A playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.
    Synonyms:
    court card, monkey, paint
  2. (Internet) The figurative photocard of a person’s face, typically one that is attractive, premium, or praiseworthy.
    • My face card never declines.
    1. (Internet, broadly) An easily recognizable face; fame or notoriety.

Synonyms of face card

Forms of face card

pluralface cards

Questions about face card

What does face card mean?
Face card means a playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.
What part of speech is face card?
Face card is a noun.
What is the plural of face card?
The plural of face card is face cards.

Words near face card in the dictionary

  1. face buttons
  2. face cam
  3. face cams
  4. face cap
  5. face caps
  6. face card
  7. face cards
  8. face cheek
  9. face cheeks
  10. face claim
  11. face claims

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