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View synonyms for court card
court card
noun
- (in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suit US equivalentface card
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Word History and Origins
Origin of court card1
C17: altered from earlier coat-card, from the decorative coats worn by the figures depicted
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Example Sentences
N "Cartes-blanches" is a hand at Piquet without a court card—it counts ten.
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Court card is for coat card, a name given to these cards from the dresses depicted on them.
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Should no player have either a court card or a ten, the player next to the dealer scores the point for the game.
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The one who played the court card also takes all the cards that have been played, and puts them under his own pack.
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In playing-cards the lowest court card of each suit, the “jack,” representing a medieval servant, is called the “knave.”
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