postal card

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noun

a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.

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Origin of postal card

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Words nearby postal card

postage due stamp, postage meter, postage stamp, postal, postal address, postal card, postal code, postal note, postal order, postal savings bank, postal stationery

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How to use postal card in a sentence

An ordinary postal-card printing frame, D, with a hinged back was used and placed on the shelf A, as shown.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
Out of his blanket-wrapper pocket he produced and spread out before the Doctor's eyes five thin letters and a postal-card.
Molly Make-Believe|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
I am supposed—anyhow I got a postal card that I am supposed to be here to-night.
Ramsey Milholland|Booth Tarkington
If any one who has sent me a package and received no return will let me know by a postal card, I will answer at once.
Harper's Young People, April 19, 1881|Various

I had a polite postal card from him yesterday, and an impolite one to-day.
On Your Mark!|Ralph Henry Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for postal card

postal card

noun

US another term for postcard

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