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calling card






calling card   
noun

Definition of calling card

2 : a sign or evidence that someone or something is or has been present broadly : an identifying mark
3 : a card displaying a number that can be used to charge telephone calls to a single account regardless of where the calls are placed



Recent Examples on the Web


//Speed is good, but strength has always been Jones’ calling card.
Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, "49ers’ D.J. Jones: The unsung hero of a mighty defense," 6 Nov. 2019

//The uptempo attack that’s Babers’ calling card is misfiring way too often and needs a quick fix before the season slips away.
San Diego Union-Tribune, "Pitt beats Syracuse 27-20; defense racks up 9 sacks," 18 Oct. 2019

//The Bennington Modernism show focuses on the Color Field Movement’s roots at Bennington College, the elite former women’s school in town and counterculture’s Vermont calling card.
Brian T. Allen, National Review, "The Museums of Vermont," 5 Oct. 2019

//That has been the video game developer’s calling card.
Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, "Review: ‘Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey’ brings a different past to life," 30 Aug. 2019

//In fact, both that and top-end speed were calling cards of Edwards when he was selected 38th overall in June 2018, the start of what’s been a rocket ascension up the Padres system.
San Diego Union-Tribune, "Minors: Padres prospect Xavier Edwards a fast study in California League," 22 Aug. 2019

//El Taco Alegre’s calling card will be its dozen salsa options, the couple said.
Rafael Guerrero, Elgin Courier-News, "Owners of new downtown Elgin Mexican restaurant hope big salsa selection becomes ticket to success," 7 June 2019

//His best shot is stretching the field vertically — Rypien’s calling card while at Boise State.
Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "10 Broncos to watch on the roster bubble in preseason finale vs. Cardinals," 28 Aug. 2019

//Kearse’s calling card is his veteran, championship experience and his ability to make crazy acrobatic catches.
Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, "Jermaine Kearse sees 'deadly' combinations in Lions' receiving corps," 30 July 2019


First Known Use of calling card

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1



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