ˈplaying-card
Each card of a set or ‘pack’ used in playing various games: = card n.2 1.
| 1543 tr. Act 3 Edw. IV, c. 4 No marchant..shal bryng..into this realme..chessemen, playeng cardes [orig. cardes a Juer]. 1684 Lond. Gaz. No. 1925/4 Making of Playing Cards in England, (wherein many hundred Poor People are imployed). 1816 Singer (title) Researches into the History of Playing Cards. |