visiting card

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visiting card

noun visiting cards

  1. historical A written card which identifies the bearer, presented for introduction when attending a business meeting or formal social gathering. On the 19th of May we are a maiden castle no longer. Black coats and hats ring at the bell, and pass in and out of the different apartments. The hall table is sprinkled with letters, visiting-cards, and programmes which seem to have had the alphabet shaken out upon them, for they bear the names of p

    Similar: at-home card, calling card, name card, meishi, pasteboard

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@misc{visiting_card_2026,
  title = {visiting card},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/visiting%20card},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}