noun
- A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control.
- usage: "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"
- synonyms: bubble
- An unstable construction with playing cards.
- usage: "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"
- synonyms: cardhouse, card-house, cardcastle
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