noun · common

race card

race card · race cards

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The invocation of a person's race in order to gain sympathy or an advantageThe invocation of a person's race in order to gain sympathy or an advantage.

» Don't play the race card.

Meaning

2 senses

(derogatory, often)The invocation of a person's race in order to gain sympathy or an advantage.
to play the race card
A printed card or pamphlet giving information about a series of horse races and listing the horses to be run; a racebook.
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Examples

1 sentences

Don't play the race card.
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Translations

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Deutsch

By meaning 1

printed card or pamphlet listing horses to be run in a horse race:

Forms

plural: race cards

Singular	race card
Plural	race cards

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