cardroom

¹

[ kahrd-room, -room ]

noun

1. a room equipped for playing cards: card:

   The club has a big cardroom.

2. (in some U.S. states or cities) a commercial gambling establishment licensed to conduct card games, usually poker, only.

cardroom

²

[ kahrd-room, -room ]

noun

1. a room for carding card wool.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cardroom¹

First recorded in 1750–60; card ¹ + room

Origin of cardroom²

card ² + room

Example Sentences

Beware of the cardroom and the poker sharps who travel on the great liners.

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The dining car was in reality a cardroom between meals—and such meals, for we had stocked the larder ourselves.

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Then the young men were left alone, and it was soon proposed that they should adjourn to the cardroom.

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She took the count's arm once more and moved forward into a small boudoir which adjoined the cardroom.

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My cousin Archie—you saw him in the cardroom last night—vowed you were nothing half so interesting.

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