- card-house
- nounan unstable construction with playing cards-
he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed
• Syn: ↑house of cards, ↑cardhouse, ↑cardcastle• Hypernyms: ↑structure, ↑construction
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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card — See: CREDIT CARD, FLASH CARD, HOUSE OF CARDS, IN THE CARDS or ON THE CARDS, LAY ONE S CARDS ON THE TABLE, PLAY ONE S CARDS RIGHT, PUT ONE S CARDS ON THE TABLE, STACK THE CARDS, TRUMP CARD … Dictionary of American idioms
card — See: CREDIT CARD, FLASH CARD, HOUSE OF CARDS, IN THE CARDS or ON THE CARDS, LAY ONE S CARDS ON THE TABLE, PLAY ONE S CARDS RIGHT, PUT ONE S CARDS ON THE TABLE, STACK THE CARDS, TRUMP CARD … Dictionary of American idioms
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