race card

See also: racecard

English

Alternative forms

a race card (sense 2)

Pronunciation

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Noun

race card (plural race cards)

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

Translations

Verb

race card (third-person singular simple present race cards, present participle race carding, simple past and past participle race carded)

  1. To invoke race in a discussion in order to gain sympathy or an advantage in that discussion.

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