A small decorative case or holder designed to carry and protect business cards or greeting cards.
From 'card' (from French 'carte' via Latin 'charta') + 'case' (from Old Norse 'kasi'). The compound word is Victorian-era, created when business cards became a social necessity among the middle and upper classes.
Victorian ladies and gentlemen considered a cardcase a fashion accessory as important as a phone case is today—the fancier your cardcase, the more status you had, and giving someone your card was like texting them back then.
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