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picture postcard

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noun

  1. postcard.


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