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cards

/kɑɹdz/ noun A1
  1. Card games. · He's a fan of cards.· Cards is my fave game, above any board game.
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On sending in our cards we were shown into an elegantly appointed drawing-room, where we were joined in a few minutes by a rather stout man who received us with much hospitality.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 59 · B2
He found the door open, and in the front room, which is bare of furniture, discovered the body of a gentleman, well dressed, and having cards in his pocket bearing the name of ‘Enoch J.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 24 · B2
Russian leather card-case, with cards of Enoch J.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 31 · B2
Yes, yes; I see the fall of the cards.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 36 · B2

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