visiting card
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of visiting card
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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On 18 February 1895, the Marquess walked into the Albemarle Club and handed the porter a visiting card on which he had written a few words.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2014
It was the same as Debussy writing on his visiting card, ‘French Musician.’
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2010
Henze has said: "This music fashions, out of itself, its own new dwellings from which it will emerge and explain itself only for those who can show it a suitable visiting card."
From Time Magazine Archive
He sent us a very old dirty looking visiting card with his name and the words 'German Opera Company' to reassure us that he was not misusing the word Bayreuth.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Harry showed me her visiting card, that’s all,” I said.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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