calling card
Also called card, visiting card. a small card with the name and often the address of a person or of a couple, for presenting when making a business or social call, for enclosing in gifts, etc.
Informal. any mark, sign, trace, characteristic, or the like by which someone or something can be recognized.
Also called phone card . a prepaid card or charge card that can be used to make a telephone call at home or away from home.
Origin of calling card
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How to use calling card in a sentence
And if you go through enough of it, this accumulation comes to be your calling card of wisdom.
It’s Not Just the Vaccines. Jenny McCarthy’s New Book Offers More ‘Lessons’ | Tim Teeman | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe calling card of a late-night talk show is supposed to be unpredictability and danger.
In Honor of David Letterman’s Pending Retirement, Watch His Wildest Interviews (VIDEO) | Kevin Fallon | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis could be the next chapter in the story of a business career that was his calling card, but has become a political liability.
It should come as a surprise to no one that his calling card is reforming entitlements.
Why The Screwed Generation Is Turning To Paul Ryan | Kirsten Powers | August 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you want to claim Bain Capital as your calling card to the White House, then defend what happened to Bain Capital.
Sunday Talk: Rahm Emanuel, Karl Rove & More (Video) | The Daily Beast Video | July 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Let's go see the boss, I haven't anything else to do and his calling card intrigues me.
Medal of Honor | Dallas McCord ReynoldsDuring such a crisis every message in the game of war diplomacy becomes only a polite calling card that represents armed men.
The Turk took his military calling-card out of his pocket and sent it over to the German.
Germany in War Time | Mary Ethel McAuleyIn the first place, an enemy agent would probably not leave a calling card.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinBut we can't just sit around waiting for the Earthman to hand us a calling card.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin
British Dictionary definitions for calling card
a small card bearing the name and usually the address of a person, esp for giving to business or social acquaintances: Also called: visiting card
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