compass card

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a circular card with magnets attached to its underside, the face divided on its rim into points of the compass, degrees clockwise from north, or both, and floating or suspended from a pivot so as to rotate freely.

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Origin of compass card

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby compass card

compartmental, compartmentalization, compartmentalize, compartmentation, compass, compass card, compass course, compass deviation, compass deviation card, compassion, compassionate

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How to use compass card in a sentence

That could include private financial or personal information—like the credit-card numbers you used to pay for the corrupted Wi-Fi.
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The screenwriting was one last card Brinsley was trying to play after every other trade he tried had turned to zeroes.
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“Our hearts and our prayers are with you,” read a message on the accompanying card.
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Then the gift card is shopped online in a gray market to collect cold currency.
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The card table profitably occupies some six to eight hours daily of these old fellows' attention.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He showed his wisdom in giving the Pandemonium card-room a very wide berth for the rest of his days.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He has drawn a knave and a six; he takes another card; this turns out to be an ace.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Her black eyelashes were long, and under their protecting shadow she swept a glance at the card above the young man's plate.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for compass card

compass card

noun

a compass in the form of a card that rotates so that "0°" or "North" points to magnetic north

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