drawing card noun

1. a person or thing that attracts people to a place, event, product, etc.
   • ● The city's biggest drawing card is the carnival.
   • ● Her casting in the lead role will be a major drawing card.

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[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲

drawing card
[American & Australian]
a famous person who attracts a lot of people to a public event.
Babe Ruth was the outstanding player of his time - the real drawing card for Yankee Stadium.

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drawing card
n. The most important figure in a multi-person event; the top entertainer during a show; the best professor or researcher at a university, etc.
During the concert series Barbra Streisand was the biggest drawing card.
The biggest drawing card at many a university is the resident Nobel Laureate.

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