cards
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
- a game played with playing cards also: card game
cards in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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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
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I couldn't tell he'd go a crowner and have such cards as he had.
Under Two Flags · Ouida · Chapter 1
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The stock of the Continental Express Company will fall like a house of cards.
The Treasure-Train · Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve · Chapter 1
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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
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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