court card

Definitions

1. A king, queen, jack, or sometimes ace in a standard deck of playing cards.
2. A postcard measuring approximately 4·75″ × 3·5″, in use mainly in the United Kingdom circa 1894–1902.
   UK, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“1999: Simon Blackburn, Think⟳: A compelling introduction to philosophy, chapter 6: Reasoning, section 5: Plausible Reasonings, page 212 (Oxford University Press⟳, paperback, →ISBN There are fifty-two outcomes possible when we turn⟳ up a card, and if we do it from a freshly and fairly shuffled pack⟳, each possibility has an equal chance. Probabilistic reasoning can then go forward⟳: we can solve⟳, for instance, for whether most draws of seven cards involve⟳ two court cards, or whatever.”

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