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mayennaise | 20:28 Wed 02nd Nov 2011 | Phrases & Sayings
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Is this anything to do with the Dance Card that ladies used to carry when attending a ball?
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It's actually from horse-racing, meaning to tell someone which horses on the race-card are (supposedly!) going to win their races. It was first recorded in the 1960s which is rather too late for the dance-card idea, I'm afraid.

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