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  • 111card catalog — card′ cat alog n. lib a file of cards listing the items in the collection of a library • Etymology: 1850–55, amer …

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  • 112card — [n] piece of paper, often with purposeful writing agenda, badge, billet, calendar, cardboard, check, docket, fiberboard, identification, label, pass, poster, program, schedule, sheet, square, tally, ticket, timetable, voucher; concepts 260,271 …

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  • 113card-carrying — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ registered as a member of a political party or trade union …

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  • 114card puncher — card puncher, a person or thing that punches cards, especially in a punched code for a computer …

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  • 115card-car|ri|er — «KAHRD KAR ee uhr», noun. an official member of an organization: »He aims to push through a constitutional revision disciplining members who follow the Communist line whether cardcarriers or not (Wall Street Journal) …

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  • 116card|board — «KAHRD BRD, BOHRD», noun, adjective. –n. a stiff material made of layers of paper pressed together, used to make cards and boxes; paperboard. –adj. having the flat, stiff characteristics of a piece of cardboard; two dimensional; unreal: »a… …

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  • 117card|case — «KAHRD KAYS», noun. a case for carrying visiting cards …

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  • 118card|ing — «KAHR dihng», noun. the cleaning and straightening of the fibers of wool, cotton, flax, and the like, for spinning …

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  • 119card|play|er — «KAHRD PLAY uhr», noun. a person who plays cards …

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  • 120card|play|ing — «KAHRD PLAY ihng», noun. the activity of playing a game of cards: »His cardplaying is now limited to occasional bouts of solitaire (New Yorker) …

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