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face card

noun

the king, queen, or jack of playing cards.

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1665–75

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face card

—n
	Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): court card (in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suit

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face card definition

n.
an important person; a self-important person. (As with the royal characters in playing cards.) : Who's the face card getting out of the benz?

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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