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  • 11cards in one's hands — Everything under one s control • • • Main Entry: ↑card …

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  • 12cards on the table — One s resources and moves freely laid open • • • Main Entry: ↑card …

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  • 13cards — n. 1) to play cards 2) to cut; deal; shuffle the cards 3) playing cards 4) (misc.) to stack the cards ( to prearrange conditions to one s own advantage ) to hold all the cards ( to be in a strong negotiating position ); to be in (AE), on (BE) the …

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  • 14Cards on the Table — Infobox Book | name = Cards on the Table title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the first UK edition author = Agatha Christie illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre …

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  • 15CARDS AND CARDPLAYING — Cardplaying was not known in the ancient world. There is reason to believe that card games were first introduced into Europe from Arabia about 1379. The impropriety of card games in Jewish law was derived only by inference from talmudic dicta on… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 16Cards de Saint-Louis — Cardinals de Saint Louis St. Louis Cardinals Fondation 1882 Ligue …

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  • 17Cards on the Table (2005) — Filmdaten Originaltitel Cards on the Table Produktionsland GB …

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  • 18cards — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deck of cards, card game, game of cards; see deck 2 , entertainment 2 , game 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. playing cards, tarot cards. The Devil s books. English proverb. WORD FIND • authority: Hoyle • card pile… …

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  • 19cards, playing —    Invented in the 14th century, and a popular pastime ever since for both pleasure and profit. It is hardly surprising that numerous superstitions concerning card playing have been reported, including, for example: sitting *cross legged,… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 20cards —    (your)    British    dismissal from employment    At one time, revenue stamps were affixed weekly to cards, originally to provide basic insurance and pension rights but latterly as a tax on employment paid by both the employer and the employee …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms