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face card

noun

Definition of face card

: a king, queen, or jack in a deck of cards

Examples of face card in a Sentence

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 Twelve cards remain hidden, out of a starting deck of 22 that contained only face cards, 10s and two jokers. — Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com, "At the McHenry VFW Queen of Hearts raffle Tuesday night, they won’t stop drawing tickets until there’s a $2.7 million grand prize winner," 26 Aug. 2019

First Known Use of face card

circa 1804, in the meaning defined above

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face card

noun

English Language Learners Definition of face card

: a king, queen, or jack in a deck of cards

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