landing card

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noun

an identification card issued to a traveler for presentation to the immigration authorities.

a card issued to a sailor in a foreign port granting permission to go ashore.

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Origin of landing card

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby landing card

landholder, land in, landing, landing beacon, landing beam, landing card, landing clerk, landing craft, landing field, landing flap, landing force

How to use landing card in a sentence

They especially come in handy when it’s time to fill out the landing card upon arrival in a new country.
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The Lion Air captain had left his rookie copilot to make the landing until he realized he was in trouble.
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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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Pages from the Quran fluttered in the air before landing gently on the rubble.
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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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The card table profitably occupies some six to eight hours daily of these old fellows' attention.
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In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.
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He showed his wisdom in giving the Pandemonium card-room a very wide berth for the rest of his days.
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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
In 1634 he also prohibited the landing of tobacco any where except at the quay near the custom house in London.
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