face card

noun

the king, queen, or jack of playing cards.

Origin:
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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Slang Dictionary

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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Example sentences

If they know of a sudden increase in the likelihood of a face card, for instance, they can bet with more confidence.

For face-to-face card issuance, this explanation should occur at the time of card issuance.

He certainly has become a face card because of the bit of shrubbery growing on his chin.

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"Bobby read his future in women; his girls were omens, changes in the weather, and he'd sit all night in the Gentleman Loser waiting for the season to lay a new face down in front of him like a card."

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