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face card
noun
the king, queen, or jack of playing cards.
face card
noun
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): court card.(in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suit
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of face card1
Example Sentences
That sums up the Supreme Court’s unenviable hand, which doesn’t contain as much as a face card, let alone an ace.
Only in this season, they're face card games, pitting players against seemingly invincible Jacks, Kings and Queens.
If you have two face cards or a hand like K10, on the other hand, you should almost always stay in to see the flop.
When a dealer is showing a face card, proper strategy suggests a player should always hit on 16.
He told the boys that by playing with face cards, they were summoning Satan and told them to go pray for an hour.
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