A small printed card which identifies the bearer, traditionally presented for introduction when making a social visit to a home or when attending a formal social event or business meeting.
If Mrs. Nelson does come here, you be sure to put on your white apron before you open the door; and for pity sake don't forget the card-tray! You ought to know better than to stick out your hand for a lady's calling-card.
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(figurative) An attribute, symptom, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.
Free and slightly funky chamber music is the calling card of this festival.
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(euphemistic) Excrement, especially of a domestic animal.
The poisoning also turned Novichok into something of a Russian calling card.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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