bingo card
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- noun
- /ˈbɪŋɡoʊ kɑrd/
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cartón de bingo
- When choosing bingo cards, I use a range of theories... ...from the laws of probability to avoiding duplicate numbers.
Examples
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Now when we look at our bingo card, this is what I got for bingo.
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Some folks even make bingo cards with all of the usual arguments in the squares; the patterns of conversation are that predictable.
Blog text (11) -
It's like getting the free space on the bingo card and nothing else.
Fiction book (1996) -
My bingo card, I ran out of items for the bingo card weeks ago.
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" Bingo card, you've already covered enough squares to win a prize.
Blog text (22) -
"You look like money," Miriam said, as they sat at their usual places waiting for the man to come around with their bingo cards.
Fiction book (1991) -
Even the bingo cards are tactile and fun (you "punch" the numbers down when you get one!).
Blog text (5) -
During the game, players eagerly marked their numbers on the bingo card as the caller announced them.
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I bought a few colorful bingo cards for the charity event we'll host this weekend.
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She glanced at her bingo card with excitement, hoping to win the jackpot prize.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a card printed with numbers used in the game of bingo' is directly derivable from combining 'bingo' (the game) with 'card' (a small rectangular item used in games). This straightforward noun–noun composition follows regular English compounding patterns and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun bingo card names the paper with a grid of numbers that players mark during the game. One popular story says early players used beans to mark numbers and called the game 'beano', and when someone filled a row they shouted bingo, so the bingo card, the player's card of numbers, became the winning sheet.