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face card

–noun
the king, queen, or jack of playing cards.

Origin:
1665–75
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face card  
n.  A king, queen, or jack of a deck of playing cards. Also called picture card.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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face card

  1. 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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