dead card
Americannoun
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Games. especially in poker and role-playing games, a card that is not in use during a round or that has been removed from play.
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a person or thing that is no longer of general interest or no longer worth spending time and attention on.
Example Sentences
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I had made up my mind that he was playing a dead card, as I did not think the Judge was of much force, though he always appeared to have plenty of money.
From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by Devol, George H.
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