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cards

noun US /kɑːrdz/

a game played with playing cards

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,853 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,785 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. a game played with playing cards also: card game

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

cards in real books

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  • Because you were fully satisfied that I knew how to handle the cards.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

  • I couldn't tell he'd go a crowner and have such cards as he had.

    Under Two Flags · Ouida · Chapter 1

  • The stock of the Continental Express Company will fall like a house of cards.

    The Treasure-Train · Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve · Chapter 1

  • Several of the ladies, who had ignored him hitherto, called, in his absence, and left extra cards.

    Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1

  • They left only cards at first, because of my "sad loss," but we often are at home now when they come.

    The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1

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