show card

noun

1. an advertising placard or card.

show card

noun

1. commerce a tradesman's advertisement mounted on card as a poster
2. See show bill
   another term for show bill

Word History and Origins

Origin of show card¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

To be gracefully and elegantly attired, in short, is secondary to the desire to be a sort of jeweler's walking show-card.

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Mr. Sirle sold me a book on show-card writing which he said would give me some good ideas also on advertising generally.

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In Fig.43 an example is given of a show-card that has been written with the pen in a simple, straightforward fashion.

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I tried other occupations also—canvassing, show-card writing, etc.

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Whenever we had a public exhibition, George was our show-card.

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