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Meaning: (idiomatic)Theanticipationandexcitementexperienced while searching for something that is difficult to obtain.2003May 8, “It's all in the cards”, inLos Angeles Times, pageE38:Then, a couple of years ago, Bolle chanced upon a hamper filled with baseball cards at a yard sale. Bolle, 41, bought the treasure chest for $5, and as he was going through the loot, he remembered thethrill of the huntfor cards of his favored Dodgers, and the important role baseball played in his childhood.2011July 8, “Asheville Stamp and Postcard Show is signed, sealed and delivered”, inAsheville Citizen-Times:While stamps vary in price from their street value to the vaulted collectible price for the "Inverted Jenny," which fetched $977,500 at auction, Canupp said his event, which has been held three times a year since 1992, is more about sharing knowledge and thethrill of the huntthan getting rich.
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