long card
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of long card
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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In that game, a player scratches two winning numbers at the top of an 8-inch long card, Hamlin said.
From Reuters ● Jan. 6, 2015
South returned a heart, ducked to North's queen, and North cleared the heart suit leaving herself with the long card.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2011
There are fewer than 1,000 players seated at the long card tables lined up diagonally across the concrete floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
If it be the long card, you may give the pack to the person who drew it, and leave him at liberty either to replace it or not.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
Make the pass at the long card, which will then be at the bottom.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
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