race card
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A printed card or pamphlet giving information about a series of horse races and listing the horses to be run; a racebook.
verb
To invoke race in a discussion in order to gain sympathy or an advantage in that discussion.
Example Sentences
- "to play the race card"
- "“Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill?” he wrote. “We’ll never know, but always doubt — which on its face seems unfair to C.Q. But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn’t really much matter.”"