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Definition of a card
card
noun
- a funny person.
Last edited on Dec 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
verb - transitive
- to ask for a person's identification (e.g. driver's license) for proof of age. (In New York, the term was "proofed.")
The bouncer carded me at the door, so I couldn't get in.
Citation from "Four Little Words", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 15 (2007) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Apr 11 2013. Submitted by Kristin K. from Detroit, MI, USA on Oct 14 1998.
- to ask for identification, usu. that of a person under the age of 18 or 21.
I can't believe he carded me when I tried to get into that club!
Last edited on Dec 07 2010. Submitted by Michael R. on Mar 27 2006.
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