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The Britannica Dictionary face card 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• face card (noun)

face card noun plural face cards face card noun plural face cards Britannica Dictionary definition of FACE CARD [count] : a king, queen, or jack in a deck of cards — called also (chiefly British) court card, (British) picture card ASK THE EDITOR

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