drawing card

Definition of drawing card

: one that attracts attention or patronage

Examples of drawing card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The members of the family and their spouses sitting across from their new sister-in-law were lucky enough to draw cards like chess, or the card game Old Maid — and there was absolutely nothing sinister about it. — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, "Everything You Need To Know About The Crazy, Bloody Game In Ready Or Not," 24 Aug. 2019 But there’s no dice rolling in The 7th Continent (so passé in our modern board game world); each check is instead performed by drawing cards from your action deck. — Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, "The 7th Continent review: A board game unlike anything you’ve ever played," 7 Oct. 2017 Part of the master plan will have to take into consideration existing facilities in the business park and those located nearby in the Avondale to Westwego corridor that could act as drawing cards for new businesses and developments. — Littice Bacon-blood, NOLA.com, "Who will develop Jefferson Parish's 'last frontier' of green space?," 24 Oct. 2017

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“Drawing card.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drawing%20card. Accessed 16 December 2019.

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