cardplaying

English

Etymology

From card +‎ playing.

Noun

cardplaying (uncountable)

1. The playing of card games.
   • 2007 April 29, John Anderson, “Love and Loneliness on the Las Vegas Strip”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It doesn’t seem accidental that the phrase “luck of the draw” can apply equally to cardplaying or gunslinging, or that the denouement of “Lucky You” — a showdown between Mr. Bana’s character and his nemesis, L. C., played by Robert Duvall — recalls not just the 52-card catharsis of “The Cincinnati Kid” but also the showdowns that climax many great westerns.

Anagrams

• playing card