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Calling card may refer to:

Visiting card, a card used socially to signify a visit made to a house if the occupant is absent, or as an introduction for oneself; the precursor to the modern business card
Business card, a small card with business information that is given for convenience and as a memory aid
Tart card, an ad stuck to a phone box to advertise the services of a call girl
Calling card (crime), a signature token or characteristic of a crime used by a serial criminal
Telephone card, a small card, usually resembling a credit card, used to pay for telephone services
Slang for bird feces, especially when landing in an undesirable place.
Calling Card, a 1976 album by Irish blues-rock musician Rory Gallagher

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-[[Image:Phone box prostitute calling cards 1.jpg|thumb|Calling cards are often found in [[telephone booth|phone boxes]] in [[London]] advertising the services of [[call girl]]s]]
+'''Calling card''' may refer to:
-[[Image:callingcard.JPG|thumb|250px|Edward Kennedy, a US Senator from Massachuetts, is an example of an upper class American.]]
-'''Calling Card''' may refer to various object of the same name:
-* Historically, a calling card was used socially to signify a visit made to a house if the occupant were absent; or as an introduction for oneself (to new neighbours as an example). In this sense they are also known as ''[[Visiting card|visiting cards]]''.
-[[Business card|Business cards]] are evolved from this sort of calling card.
-* [[calling card (crime)]] — a signature token or characteristic of a crime used by a serial criminal to taunt [[police]], or to gain notoriety.
-* [[Telephone card]]
-* An [[advertising|advert]], stuck to a [[telephone booth|phone boxes]] to advertise the services of a [[call girl]]. Also known as a ''[[tart card]]''.
+* [[Visiting card]], a card used socially to signify a visit made to a house if the occupant is absent, or as an introduction for oneself; the precursor to the modern business card
+* [[Business card]], a small card with business information that is given for convenience and as a memory aid
+* [[Tart card]], an ad stuck to a phone box to advertise the services of a call girl
+* [[Calling card (crime)]], a signature token or characteristic of a crime used by a serial criminal
+* [[Telephone card]], a small card, usually resembling a credit card, used to pay for telephone services
+* Slang for bird [[feces]], especially when landing in an undesirable place.
+* ''[[Calling Card]]'', a 1976 album by Irish blues-rock musician Rory Gallagher
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