court card
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There was one other student but I quickly ascertained that he was only at the meeting to get his court card signed.
From Salon • Sep. 23, 2012
You desire him to think on one; and observe if he fix his eye on the court card.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
M. Dubois asked him aloud whether he should take a court card.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
Even when there are three cards on the cushion which make the required sum, these cards cannot be removed unless the cushion contains a court card to crown them.
From Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games by Cadogan, Adelaide
When he tells you he has determined on one, shuffle the cards, and, turning them up one by one, when you come to the court card tell him that is the one.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown