cards
/ (kɑːdz) /
(usually functioning as singular)
any game or games played with cards, esp playing cards
the playing of such a game
an employee's national insurance and other documents held by the employer
get one's cards to be told to leave one's employment
on the cards possible or likely: US equivalent: in the cards
play one's cards to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right)
put one's cards on the table, lay one's cards on the table or show one's cards to declare one's intentions, resources, etc
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How to use cards in a sentence
Old people are talking about him as they play cards or mahjong.
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Moraca pointed to another form of return fraud, involving gift cards.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGift cards are sold at kiosks in shopping malls or even websites that catering to this exchange market.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGiving out go-to-reeferville free cards is not exactly their M.O.
Tribes to U.S. Government: Take Your Weed and Shove It | Abby Haglage | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He invites various players to make the cards; this is done in rather a perfunctory manner.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThen the croupier tears open two packets of new cards, flinging the old ones into a waste-paper basket at his side.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsBut "the cards never forgive," and as a rule Dame Fortune is relentless to the reckless player.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThey were walking down a corridor, and Miss Thangue was peering through her lorgnette at the cards on the doors.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe Professor put down his cards without a word, and left the room, going straight upstairs.
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