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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Pulling the wool over your eyes #85312 11/02/2002 2:59 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 I have come across the usage, although not for a large number of years, to mean "playing a card game." e.g. - " Are you coming carding down at the Boot & shoe tonight?" "Owd Alf's a champion carder, tha knows." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Pulling the wool over your eyes Bingley 11/01/2002 2:35 AM Re: Pulling the wool over your eyes modestgoddess 11/01/2002 3:11 AM Re: Pulling the wool over your eyes Capital Kiwi 11/01/2002 10:12 AM Re: Pulling the wool over your eyes Faldage 11/01/2002 11:14 AM Re: Pulling the wool over your eyes vika 11/03/2002 3:32 PM Re: Pulling the wool over your eyes jimthedog 11/02/2002 11:52 AM Re: Pulling the wool over your eyes RhubarbCommando 11/02/2002 2:59 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,395 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,216 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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