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place card
[ pleys kahrd ]
noun
- a small card with the name of a guest on it, placed on the table, to indicate where the person should sit.
place card
noun
- a card placed on a dinner table before a seat, as at a formal dinner, indicating who is to sit there
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Word History and Origins
Origin of place card1
First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences
A painted place card, a small bonbon box, a single flower with a pin for fastening it on,—all these have their place at times.
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Nothing other than a crest must ever be engraved on a place card; and usually they are plain, even in the houses of old families.
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Take a clover leaf and practice painting from it until able to make a copy good enough to paint upon a place card for the table.
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Having found and pressed four-leaved clovers in the days of summer, paste one lightly to each place card as symbol of good-luck.
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When the guests strolled in Bernice found her place-card with a slight feeling of irritation.
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