card school

[ kahrd skool ]

noun

, British Informal.

1. a gathering of cardplayers, especially those who meet regularly to play poker:

   My card school is at Jerry’s tonight, so I’ll probably sleep over.

Word History and Origins

Origin of card school¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

The main pastime is a thriving card school and the game 500, which Stokes and Mark Wood played as youngsters at Durham.

From BBC

If you don’t have any of these three items or are unable to get a replacement of any of them within a time period of 10 days, you can use an employee ID card, school ID card, health insurance card or United States military ID card.

From Encyclopedia.com

“What’s interesting is how much of it is patronizing, negative, wriggling or self-aggrandizing goes on. Most contemporary political speeches are a fusion of the Hallmark card school of poetry and bitter sniping at opponents,” says Hamish Thompson, a London-based PR guru who devised Polifiller.com, an online tool for political speechwriters that helps them curb use of annoying political jargon.

From Washington Times

Medals on sports day, certificates in assembly or stars on your report card... school prizes are used to celebrate your success and hard work, but not everyone gets them.

From Children's BBC

He felt he had to step in when he became concerned about the card school on the back of the coach getting out of hand.

From The Guardian