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

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

The one who played the court card also takes all the cards that have been played, and puts them under his own pack.

From My Book of Indoor Games by Squareman, Clarence

Spread part of the pack before a person, in such way that only one court card is visible; and so arrange it, that it shall appear the most prominent and striking 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