: one of a set of 24 to 78 thin rectangular pieces of cardboard or plastic marked on one side to show its rank and suit and used in playing any of numerous games
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This is a train ride for daydreaming, drawing, reading, playing cards, or any other low-tech pursuit.
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Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
These spaces also enhance intentional interactions and encourage kids to seek out traditional methods of entertainment like board games, puzzles, playing cards, drawing, and reading.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Many have read Gödel and come away chastened by the limits of certainty—without concluding, as Richardson did, that the logical next step was to spend your life playing cards and paying prostitutes.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Wearing a crisp black suit with red piping and playing cards stitched on the inside to match his red-bottom Christian Louboutin shoes, the second-year signal caller said the Cornhuskers, picked to finish eighth by the media, are loaded with confidence heading into camp.
—W.g. Ramirez, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
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Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
These spaces also enhance intentional interactions and encourage kids to seek out traditional methods of entertainment like board games, puzzles, playing cards, drawing, and reading.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Many have read Gödel and come away chastened by the limits of certainty—without concluding, as Richardson did, that the logical next step was to spend your life playing cards and paying prostitutes.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Wearing a crisp black suit with red piping and playing cards stitched on the inside to match his red-bottom Christian Louboutin shoes, the second-year signal caller said the Cornhuskers, picked to finish eighth by the media, are loaded with confidence heading into camp.
—W.g. Ramirez, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
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“Playing card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playing%20card. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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