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Definitions
Etymologies
- Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, paper made from papyrus, from Greek khartēs.Middle English carde, from Medieval Latin cardus, from Latin carduus, thistle.
Examples
“Tarot cards were originally just **playing cards** for card games.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Looking for Cute Tarot Deck To Use for Calling Randomly on Students:
“A game at cards; in a more refined dialect, _old-coat-and-jerkin_; called also _five cards_.”
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire
“That, madam, must be your part; you must take a house and see company; in a little while you may keep an assembly, and play at cards as high as you can; and almost all the money that is won must be put into the box, which you must call _paying for the cards_; though it is indeed paying for your candles, your cloaths, your lodgings, and, in short, everything you have.”
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“Only gay men are that sensitive and emotional and straight men don’t give birthday cards or Valentine’s Day cards ””
“Once they were all seated by their name cards around the hollow rectangle table, Randa addressed them.”
“The come-ons are everywhere in this show, from the vaguely Oceanic color scheme on the doomed airliner to the very CTU-like font choice in the title cards, which tell you the names of characters and what day and hour this is.”
The Washington Post: 'The Event' is a head-scratcher, by design
“The title cards provide some excellent prose, observations on life more than descriptions of the action.”
“It's like a big neon sign, telling the viewer to pay attention, emphasizing what the title cards in the trailer are emphasizing: this isn't myth or just your imagination.”
“The title cards are officially the best part of the show.”
'Fringe': Loving the title cards (if not the characters) | EW.com
“Fringe': Loving the title cards if not the characters | EW.com”
'Fringe': Loving the title cards (if not the characters) | EW.com
reesetee Democracy in action. Jun 18, 2009
rolig I love it! Jun 17, 2009
chained_bear Seen today here at slate.com:
'The NYT reports that Cave Creek, Ariz., selected its newest town council member with a deck of cards. Two men received the same number of votes for a seat on the council, so a game of chance was used to select the winner. This is all apparently allowed by the state's Constitution, and "a handful" of local elections in Arizona have been decided with the help of cards or dice. "It's a hell of a way to win—or lose—an election," said the 64-year-old retired science teacher who lost his seat on the council when he selected the six of hearts.'
Jun 17, 2009
reesetee Ooh. That doesn't sound very nice. Nov 2, 2007
kewpid A (probably jilted) woman once said that a man is like a deck of playing cards. You need:
A ♥ to love him;
A ♦ to marry him;
A ♣ to smash his stupid head in; and
A ♠ to bury the bastard. Nov 2, 2007