"hole card" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hole cards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hole card (plural hole cards)
  1. (poker, chiefly in the plural) A playing card, dealt face down, that the holder need not reveal until the showdown. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Poker Derived forms: hole carding Related terms: ace in the hole, community card
    Sense id: en-hole_card-en-noun-sbw7nhkw Topics: card-games, poker
  2. (by extension) Something held in reserve, or concealed, until it is useful. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-hole_card-en-noun-jy0fVgJG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78

Inflected forms

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        ]
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        "(poker, chiefly in the plural) A playing card, dealt face down, that the holder need not reveal until the showdown."
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        "(by extension) Something held in reserve, or concealed, until it is useful."
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        "(poker, chiefly in the plural) A playing card, dealt face down, that the holder need not reveal until the showdown."
      ],
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        "card-games",
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      ],
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