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face card

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face card
n.
A king, queen, or jack of a deck of playing cards. Also called picture card.
face card
n
(Group Games / Card Games) the usual US and Canadian term for court card
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.face cardface card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
court card, picture card
knave, jack - one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
king - one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
queen - one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
Translations
face card n (Am) → figura
face card n (Am) → figura


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