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card-playing

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Adj.1.card-playing - preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"
betting, dissipated, sporting
indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"
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On the contrary, he gained a creditable record as a student, although it is admitted that he contracted debts and had "an ungovernable passion for card-playing.
An Appreciation by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
I have looked at your fingers,' said he, 'and my fancy for card-playing has gone,' and he struck them dead and threw them out into the water.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
With that, Dunstan slammed the door behind him, and left Godfrey to that bitter rumination on his personal circumstances which was now unbroken from day to day save by the excitement of sporting, drinking, card-playing, or the rarer and less oblivious pleasure of seeing Miss Nancy Lammeter.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
 
 
 
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