face card

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Noun

face card (plural face cards)

  2. (US, card games) A playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.
    Synonyms: court card, monkey, paint
    Hypernyms: playing card < card
    Hyponyms: king, queen, jack, knave
  3. (Internet slang) The figurative photocard of a person’s face, typically one that is attractive, premium, praiseworthy.

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