Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes cards; specifically, one who makes cards for combing wool or flax.
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Examples
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The card-maker cited a 2001 agreement that prevented DIC from transferring the rights of Strawberry Shortcake without consent.
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Next up was online card-maker Moo. com, which lets customers upload their own photos to be printed on the back of the card, with type on the front.
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American Greetings, the number-two greeting card-maker, behind Hallmark, issued a profit warning for the third quarter.
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This worthy ironmonger and card-maker made every possible effort to discover the person who sold them, but without success.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 548, May 26, 1832 Various
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` The old saying, 'said the referee, ` that the cards would beat the card-maker, was never more true than it is in this instance, for this pack would beat not only me, but the very d-- l himself; there is not only an old gentleman, but an old lady (a card broader than the rest) amongst them.'
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This duty on cards went on increasing its annual addition to the revenue, so that about the year 1820 the monthly payments of Mr Hunt alone, the card-maker of Piccadily {sic}, for the stamp-duty on cards, varied from £800 to £1000, that is, from £9600 to £12,000 per annum.
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The captain and his partner exclaimed that they were robbed, and the cards were sealed up, and referred to a card-maker for his opinion.
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His recounting of the way card-maker Topps created the profitable Wacky Packages line - stickers that spoofed popular product brands, with comically absurd illustrations - is a fun and fascinating look at the unwitting creation of an American icon.
JSOnline.com 2010
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His recounting of the way card-maker Topps created the profitable Wacky Packages line - stickers that spoofed popular product brands, with comically absurd illustrations - is a fun and fascinating look at the unwitting creation of an American icon.
JSOnline.com 2010
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His recounting of the way card-maker Topps created the profitable Wacky Packages line - stickers that spoofed popular product brands, with comically absurd illustrations - is a fun and fascinating look at the unwitting creation of an American icon.
JSOnline.com 2010
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