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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
card .
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Examples
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Whenever you run across a name carded in this stilted fashion, "A. Thingumy Soandso", you may make up your mind at once that the owner is ashamed of his first name and is trying manfully to live it down and eventually forgive his parents.
Man on the Box Harold MacGrath 1901
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Also "carded," by law, are those who buy certain over-the-counter nasal decongestants because a lot of official someones believe that youth will make amphetamine-like "uppers."
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At many stores, persons who buy spray paints are "carded" because underage graffiti artists use spray paint.
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So, every adult, from the 20s to the gray-haired elderly, will also be "carded" when they buy lighters.
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This is slightly off topic, but I'm wondering if anyone out there has ever been "carded" at Wal-Mart.
Workless in America David 2006
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They shot their landlords, and they "carded" the tithe-proctors.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864
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Festival-goers are "carded" at the gate and teens 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult and you must be 18 to camp.
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We were worried they might get "carded" at the door but they charmed their way past the bouncer.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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It further treats the elderly with disrespect by forcing seniors to be "carded" as if we are teenagers.
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So, every adult, from the 20s to the gray-haired elderly, will also be "carded" when they buy lighters.
The Moderate Voice 2009
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