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Search phrase: card

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CoriolanusCor I.i.78cared for us yet. Suffer us to famish, and their storehousescar'd for vs yet. Suffer vs to famish, and their Store-houses
HamletHam V.i.136the card, or equivocation will undo us. By the Lord,the Carde, or equiuocation will vndoe vs: by the Lord
HamletHam V.ii.109feelingly of him, he is the card or calendar of gentry.
Henry VH5 III.vii.105cared not who knew it.car'd not who knew it.
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.84There all is marred; there lies a cooling card.There all is marr'd: there lies a cooling card.
MacbethMac I.iii.17I'the shipman's card.I'th' Ship-mans Card.
Much Ado About NothingMA V.i.168cared not.car'd not.
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.398Yet I have faced it with a card of ten.Yet I haue fac'd it with a card of ten:
The TempestTem II.ii.48But none of us cared for Kate.But none of vs car'd for Kate.
Titus AndronicusTit V.i.100As sure a card as ever won the set.As sure a Card as euer wonne the Set:

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card[of a compass-card] with great precision
card[compass-card, on which the 32 points of the compass are marked] model, accurate guide
cardmix, mingle, adulterate
cooling cardcard that dashes an opponent's hope of success; barrier, check
eleven and twenty longjust right, perfect [a winning hand in the card game of Thirty-one]
pair-taunt-likelike a winning hand in the card game ‘post and pair’
pipmark on a playing card [as used in the game of ‘one-and-thirty’]
primerotype of gambling card game
pur[debated meaning] knave in a type of card game [post and pair]
tamepetty, decoy [attracting people into a card game]
triumphtrump-card

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card gamepur
card gameprimero
card gameeleven and twenty long
card that dashes an opponent's hope of successcooling card
card, mark on a playingpip
game, cardpur
game, cardpair-taunt-like
game, cardeleven and twenty long
knave in a type of card gamepur
mark on a playing cardpip
trump-cardtriumph

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