idiot card
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of idiot card
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Mamie asked for an "idiot card" to cue her at the pool, and, added Executive Producer Jules Green, "make sure that the water is deep enough where she's supposed to dive."
From Time Magazine Archive
Though he draws on a subject file of 6,000 cross-indexed listings for his conversational ploys, Gibson never uses a script, a Teleprompter or an "idiot card," even ad-libs his commercials.
From Time Magazine Archive
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