picture postcard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of picture postcard
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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“From my living-room window as I write,” she assures her readers, “I can look out across the broad front lawns of our farm… like a lovely picture postcard of wintry New England.”
From Salon
The Number 38 bus service threads a north-south path through Edinburgh, far from the picture postcard version of Scotland's capital.
From BBC
Nor had the children received so much as a picture postcard from Penelope, though she too wrote to them daily.
From Literature
But there had been no word from Simon since his departure—not a letter, not a scrap of dramatic verse, not even a picture postcard from the beach at Brighton.
From Literature
There had been no letters, no telegrams, and not a single picture postcard.
From Literature
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