face card

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face card

noun face cards

US A playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.
Similar: court card, monkey, paint
Internet The figurative photocard of a person’s face, typically one that is attractive, premium, or praiseworthy. My face card never declines.
Internet, broadly An easily recognizable face; fame or notoriety.

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noun playing card with a face

Русский	фигура figura

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@misc{face_card_2026,
  title = {face card},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/face%20card},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}