(UK) Something that attracts customers, visitors, spectators, etc.
(UK) Something that attracts customers, visitors, spectators, etc. to a place or an event.
I remember once in the professional theatre in Addis Ababa a certain actor had become a popular drawcard.
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That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
(UK, _, obsolete, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A newsmonger's house; a place or person resorted to by idlers; a hangout.
(UK, _, obsolete, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A resort; refuge; a place of shelter; that which stands one in stead.
The act of drawing.
(Canadian, UK) A raffle of meat, common in pubs and bars.