"drawing card" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-drawing card.ogg [Australia] Forms: drawing cards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drawing card (plural drawing cards)
  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of drawcard (“something that attracts patronage to a place or an event”) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: drawcard [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-drawing_card-en-noun-HiGy1D0t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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