Missing sync on one computer

I have several computers and mobile devices set to sync via iCloud for contacts and calendars.
One computer will send new updates, but not receive new updates to the contacts. Everything else seems to work properly. So, people whom I add to my contacts from my laptop will not get added to the contacts on my home computer, but in the reverse case, a contact added on my home computer does get added to my laptop computer's contact list.
This results in massive duplications. I update the contacts on my laptop, then it does not update on my home computer. I update the home computer, and I get a second entry on my laptop.
I don't see a "sync now" anywhere. Suggestions?

To Csound1-
Thanks again, but we do seem to be a bit of ships in the night.
On all computers, iCloud is the default.
Legacy or old references are not the problem here. My concern is only over NEW items added. They should propagate to all the devices on the account, regardless of the device of origin.
If iCloud is the default on all computers and a NEW references/contact is added on one, it should show up on the others as well as all of the other devices. Correct? Stuff added on my laptop shows up on my iphone, my wife's iphone, her ipad etc, everything in the loop EXCEPT my desktop.
Conversely, something added to my desktop shows up on all of the other devices, specifically including the Laptop.
Lastly, anything added to either my or my wife's iPhone, her deskop, the iPad etc, shows up on all the others EXCEPT the desktop.
So it seems that the focus should be on the desktop. I have tried rebooting that machine without changing the pattern. iCloud is the default account for all computers (three of them) in this loop. Only my desktop does not RECEIVE new contacts.
Am I still missing something? Both the laptop and my desktop preference pane looks like this:
There is, on my laptop, ONE card in the "on my mac" account.

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