picture postcard

noun

1. postcard.

Word History and Origins

Origin of picture postcard¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Nor had the children received so much as a picture postcard from Penelope, though she too wrote to them daily.

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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.

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There had been no letters, no telegrams, and not a single picture postcard.

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No letters, no birthday or Christmas presents —not even a picture postcard had arrived during that long span of time.

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For the final leg of my journey I went to the western Swedish city of Karlstad, a picture postcard place on the banks of the River Klarälven, the longest waterway in Scandinavia.

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