cardplayer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cardplayer
Example Sentences
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As a cardplayer, Kijek was a scratch, a legend at gin but even more partial to “pitch,” the working man’s rhapsody of high, low, jack and game.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 29, 2020
“Really?” she said, not paying her full attention because the cardplayer was sending her his look, which was one not of supplication but of command.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2013
In the first program, Ross got his work done without resorting to brutality and heman seductions; he impersonated a millionaire gambler in an effort to trap a crooked cardplayer.
From Time Magazine Archive
But like any smart cardplayer, Bush has no intention of showing his hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a fisherman and a hunter, a cardplayer and a theater-lover, a frequenter of pubs and a successful businessman.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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