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  • 101Smear (cards) — Infobox CardGame title =Smear subtitle = image link = image caption = alt names = Schmeir type = trick taking players = 2 4 play = card rank = A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ages = num cards= 52 card deck = Anglo American origin = North America… …

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  • 102Minor characters in the House of Cards trilogy — This article is about characters in the House of Cards trilogy who are not Francis Urquhart. The trilogy consists of three miniseries, House of Cards , To Play the King and The Final Cut , all based on identically titled novels by Michael Dobbs.… …

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  • 103Man, Play and Games — (ISBN 0029052009) is a 1961 book, and the seminal work of the French Sociologist Roger Caillois, a translation of Les jeux et les hommes (1958). It is an influential book on the sociology of play and games, or rather in Caillois terms sociology… …

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  • 104To play one's cards well — Card Card (k[aum]rd), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. {Chart}.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game… …

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  • 105To play snow one's cards — Card Card (k[aum]rd), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. {Chart}.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game… …

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  • 106To Play the King — Infobox Film name = To Play The King imdb id = 0108962 director = Paul Seed writer = Andrew Davies (adaptation) Michael Dobbs (novel) starring = Ian Richardson Michael Kitchen Kitty Aldridge Diane Fletcher producer = Ken Riddington distributor =… …

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  • 107Safety play — in contract bridge is a generic name for plays in which declarer maximizes the chances for fulfilling the contract (or achieving a certain score) by ignoring a chance for a higher score. Declarer uses safety plays to cope with potentially… …

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  • 108On the cards — Card Card (k[aum]rd), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. {Chart}.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game… …

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  • 109To have the cards in one's own hands — Card Card (k[aum]rd), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. {Chart}.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game… …

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  • 110Pay Cards! — was an American syndicated game show that first aired from 1968 69. A Canadian version of Pay Cards! ran in 1973 and a revival, called Super Pay Cards!, ran in 1981 82. The U.S. version was taped in both New York and Cincinnati, while both… …

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