court card
(in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suit: US equivalent: face card
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How to use court card in a sentence
N "Cartes-blanches" is a hand at Piquet without a court card—it counts ten.
The Sharper Detected and Exposed | Jean-Eugne Robert-Houdincourt card is for coat card, a name given to these cards from the dresses depicted on them.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.) | Ernest WeekleyShould no player have either a court card or a ten, the player next to the dealer scores the point for the game.
My Book of Indoor Games | Clarence SquaremanThe one who played the court card also takes all the cards that have been played, and puts them under his own pack.
My Book of Indoor Games | Clarence SquaremanIn playing-cards the lowest court card of each suit, the “jack,” representing a medieval servant, is called the “knave.”
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