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card school

American

[kahrd skool] / ˈkɑrd ˌskul /

noun

British Informal.

a gathering of cardplayers, especially those who meet regularly to play poker.

My card school is at Jerry’s tonight, so I’ll probably sleep over.

Etymology

Origin of card school

First recorded in 1990–95

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card school

The main pastime is a thriving card school and the game 500, which Stokes and Mark Wood played as youngsters at Durham.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024

Painting card; school, all authors of school arranged alphabetically with number of works written in pencil.

From A Library Primer by Dana, John Cotton

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