cards (game), n.Definitions

Cards (game) is the devil's books.

Cards (game) is war in disguise of a sport.

Cards (game) is a game in which a good deal depends upon luck, and luck depends upon a good deal.

Cards (game) is a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments are meted out immediately.

Cards (game) is a tricky sort of game — if you play bridge badly you make your partner suffer, but if you play poker badly you make everybody happy.