card of ten

Language: en

Meaning: (obsolete,idiomatic)A bold front, an instance ofstanding one's ground.[15th–17th c.]1499,John Skelton,The Bowge of Courte:Fyrste pycke a quarell and fall oute with hym then, / And soo outface hym with acarde of ten.1561,John Awdely,The Fraternitye of Vacabondes, section XIX:And the noblemen and gentylmen, which shold be the ponysshers of theft, be the chefe mayntayners of robry; bi this meanys often thei robbe & be not taken; but in case he be taken, eyther he shal haue fauor for his masters sake, or els bragg it owt with acarde of .x[…]c.1590–1592(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):A vengeance on your crafty withered hide, / Yet I haue fac'd it with acard of ten[…]1629,Ben Jonson,The New Inn:Some must be knaves, some varlets, bawds, and ostlers, / As aces, deuces,cards o' ten, to face it / Out i' the game, which all the world is.

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