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Meanings of card-playing in English

Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance.

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        Usage of card-playing in English
        1
        You initiated the banker's clerk into the mysteries of card-playing and billiards.
        Run to Earth: A Novel
        2
        It gives anyone with a little tact an opportunity for stopping card-playing.
        Certain Personal Matters
        3
        That evening we spent together at Johnson's office in drinking and card-playing.
        The Burglar's Fate, and The Detectives
        4
        Being an invalid as you see, I have no amusement but card-playing.
        The Secret Passage
        5
        There was hard drinking, horse-racing, and card-playing, and waste of substance generally.
        Hodge and His Masters
        6
        That there be no begging, swearing, gaming, card-playing, quarrelling, or universal conversation.
        Elizabeth Fry
        7
        Sunday afternoons were the big gambling and card-playing times in our semi-rural neighbourhood.
        Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
        8
        The Countess was a card-playing old cat; Lady Fanny was a desperate flirt.
        The Virginians
        9
        It is a violation of etiquette to propose card-playing in another person's house.
        Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society / A condensed but t...
        10
        These books may be said to embody a science of card-playing.
        The Navy as a Fighting Machine
        11
        We weren't going to be put off by a bunch of card-playing jerks.
        Seven up
        12
        I recalled my mental states from the midnight prayer to the foolish card-playing.
        The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
        13
        The card-playing travellers had opened the door of the carriage.
        Max
        14
        The year 1648 was the era of card-playing at court.
        The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)
        15
        They came, her card-playing friends assured her, with impeccable credentials.
        Your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth
        16
        Gendron was not badly wounded, and sat up to look on at the card-playing.
        Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier
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        Card-playing through the time