cardcastle

cardcastle
noun
an unstable construction with playing cards
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he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed

Syn: ↑house of cards, ↑cardhouse, ↑card-house
Hypernyms: ↑structure, ↑construction

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noun

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