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单词 visiting card
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visiting card
visiting card n. (a) a small card bearing a person's name, to be left or presented on paying a visit; (b) in (originally Military) slang phrase to leave one's visiting card, to leave unpleasant evidence of having been at a place.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > [noun] > visiting card
ticket1673
card1749
visiting-ticket1770
visiting card1782
calling card1808
pasteboard1837
society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [phrase] > leave unpleasant evidence
to leave one's visiting card1945
1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. iii. 37 Why a ticket [for an assembly] is only a visiting card, with a name upon it.
1820 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 158 The Duke of Beaufort's pocket was picked of..his visiting-cards.
1859 All Year Round 19 Nov. 79 People are photographed on their visiting cards.
1899 Daily News 26 Jan. 5/3 The New Year's visiting-card..is one of the survivals of old-fashioned French politeness.
1945 E. Partridge Dict. R.A.F. Slang 60 Visiting-card, a bomb. Mostly in Leave one's visiting card... As the civilian drops visiting cards into tray or salver, so the airman drops bombs on..enemy~occupied territory.
1955 ‘E. Crispin’ Fen Country (1979) 68 All he had to do was to..leave his visiting card [sc. an explosive device] and collect his fee.
1972 V. Canning Rainbird Pattern vi. 116 He should have brought Albert [sc. the dog] in from the car, he at least could have left a visiting card in self-defence.
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