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Line 1: {{also\|calling-card}} ==English== ===Alternative forms=== * {{l\|en\|calling-card}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio\|en\|en-au-calling card.ogg\|a=AU}} ===Noun=== Line 10 ⟶ 12: # A small [[printed]] card which [[identify\|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]]. #: {{syn\|en\|at-home card\|business card\|name card\|meishi\|visiting card}} #* {{quote-~~text~~book\|en\|year=1905\|author={{w\|:Alice Hegan Rice}}\|title=Sandy\|chapter=7\|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/sandyalice00ricerich/page/n97/mode/1up?q=calling-card\|page=80\|passage=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'''.}} # {{lb\|en\|~~idiomatic~~figurative}} An [[attribute]], [[symptom]], [[object]], or [[behavior]] which is [[distinctly]] [[characteristic]] of someone or something. #* '''2006''' May 14, Anne Midgette, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/arts/music/14classical.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Summer Stages: Mozart, Yes, But Also Much More]," ''New York Times'' <small>(retrieved 26 Sep 2008)</small>:▼ #: {{syn\|en\|signature\|mark\|hallmark}} ~~#: Free and slightly funky chamber music is the '''calling card''' of this festival.~~ ▲# ~~'''~~{{quote-web\|en\|date=2006~~'''~~ May 14, \|author=Anne Midgette~~, "[~~\|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/arts/music/14classical.html?_r=1&oref=slogin \|title=Summer Stages: Mozart, Yes, But Also Much More~~]," ''~~\|work=New York Times\|accessdate=26 Sep 2008\|passage=Free and slightly funky chamber music is the '''calling ~~<small>(retrieved~~card''' 26of ~~Sep~~this ~~2008)</small>:~~festival.}} #* {{quote-web\|en\|title=Aleksei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok, Germany Says\|work=New York Times\|date=2020-09-02\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/world/europe/navalny-poison-novichok.html\|passage=The poisoning also turned Novichok into something of a Russian '''calling card'''.}} #* {{quote-web\|en\|date=2020-10-03\|author=Sanam Yar\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/03/style/lili-reinhart-swimming-lessons-riverdale.html\|title=Lili Reinhart Is Just Being Honest\|work=New York Times\|passage=She didn’t set out to make candor her '''calling card'''.}} # {{lb\|en\|euphemistic}} [[excrement\|Excrement]], especially of a [[domestic]] [[animal]]. #* ~~'''~~{{quote-web\|en\|date=2005~~'''~~ Jan. 21, \|author=Dwight Perry~~, "[~~\|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20050121&slug=chat21 \|title=Sideline Chatter: Just doo it~~],"~~\|work=Seattle Times\|accessdate=26 Sep 2008\|passage=A guide dog left his ''~~Seattle~~'calling ~~Times~~card''' ~~<small>(retrieved~~on 26the ~~Sep~~court ~~2008)</small>:~~at Tuesday night's Magic-Pistons game in Orlando.}} ~~#: A guide dog left his '''calling card''' on the court at Tuesday night's Magic-Pistons game in Orlando.~~ # A [[phonecard]]. #: {{lsyn\|en\|~~business~~telephone card}}▼ #* '''2003''' Nov. 22, Michelle Singletary, "[http://www.seattlepi.com/money/149428_singletary22.html Traveler beware: Free things may cost you money]" ''seattlepi.com'' <small>(retrieved 26 Sep 2008)</small>: #* {{quote-web\|en\|date=2003 Nov 22\|author=Michelle Singletary\|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/money/149428_singletary22.html\|title=Traveler beware: Free things may cost you money\|work=seattlepi.com\|accessdate=26 Sep 2008\|passage=Many experts now advise consumers to use a prepaid '''calling card''' to save money on long distance calls while staying in a hotel.}} # A card advertising the services of a [[prostitute]]. #: {{lsyn\|en\|~~name~~tart card}}▼ # {{lb\|en\|WWI\|_\|–\|_\|WWII\|_\|military slang}}{{c\|en\|Firearms}} An [[explosive]] [[drop]]ped from a [[bomber]] [[aeroplane]].<ref name="Lighter">{{R:en:Lighter:1972\|page=28}}</ref> ~~====Synonyms====~~ {{sense\|small printed card which identifies the bearer}} {{l\|en\|at-home card}}, {{l\|en\|name card}}, {{l\|en\|meishi}}, {{l\|en\|visiting card}} * {{sense\|card used to pay the charges when making a telephone call}} {{l\|en\|telephone card}} * {{sense\|card advertising a prostitute}} {{l\|en\|tart card}} ====Translations==== Line 32 ⟶ 33: {{trans-top\|characteristic}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|käyntikortti}} * French: {{t+\|fr\|marque de fabrique\|f}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * ~~Russian~~German: {{t+\|rude\|~~визитная карточка~~Markenzeichen\|n}} * Russian: {{t+\|ru\|визи́тная ка́рточка\|f}} * Spanish: {{t\|es\|carta de presentación\|f}}, {{t\|es\|marca de\|f}}, {{t\|es\|sello de\|m}} * Swedish: {{t+\|sv\|signatur\|c}} * Ukrainian: {{t\|uk\|візи́тка\|f}}, {{t\|uk\|візиті́вка\|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top\|euphemistic: excrement}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|käyntikortti}} * French: {{t+\|fr\|fèces\|f-p}}, {{t+\|fr\|selles\|f-p}}, {{t+\|fr\|popo\|m}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top\|phonecard}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|puhelinkortti}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|telefonkártya}} {{trans-bottom}} ===~~See also~~References=== {{reflist}} ▲* {{l\|en\|business card}} ▲* {{l\|en\|name card}} [[Category:en:Feces]] [[Category:en:Prostitution]] [[Category:en:Telephony]]