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card game

noun

plural card games
: a game that uses a deck of cards

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Here too is Jim Buck, 75, a former teacher who played the area card game as a kid, playing on a soda case next to a pot-belly stove in this rural part of Tennessee. Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025 The toy company is working on movie versions of American Girl, Barbie, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots and the card game Uno. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025 Any tween who’s obsessed with K-Pop Demon Hunters will go gaga for this new Monopoly card game. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 11 Nov. 2025 Smith became the face of Solitaire Cash after he was caught playing the card game on his phone during the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for card game

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of card game was in 1611

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“Card game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/card%20game. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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