postcard

or post card

[pohst-kahrd]

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noun

Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
postal card(def 1).

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Origin of postcard

First recorded in 1865–70; post³ + card¹

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Related Words

memo memorandum note answer report reply message postcard word card billet dispatch epistle line missive acknowledgment kite letter parcel package

Examples from the Web for postcard

Contemporary Examples

Send a postcard to PostSecret and your deepest thoughts could end up on a blog.
Your Sex Confession Is Her Screenplay
Samantha Allen
October 29, 2014
No, the difference between the postcard and the real thing is immeasurable.
Face to Face With ‘The Goldfinch,’ the Painting from Donna Tartt’s Novel
Malcolm Jones
December 1, 2013
Now and then, a postcard would arrive with a curt message, typed on a manual typewriter.
The Man with the President’s Ear, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and JFK
Ted Widmer
October 27, 2013
Morrissey famously fired you from The Smiths by leaving a postcard on your car.
Bigmouth Strikes Again: Smiths Bassist Andy Rourke Tells All
Michael Moynihan
October 13, 2013
Demand's inspiration was a postcard he was sent of a show cave in Spain.
Plato's Cave, Gone Digital
Blake Gopnik
August 18, 2013

Historical Examples

"There's really nothing that a postcard couldn't do," Uncle William said.
The Foolish Lovers
St. John G. Ervine
"They could have sent a postcard to say they'd got it all right," John replied ruefully.
The Foolish Lovers
St. John G. Ervine
One of the handful was a postcard with a photograph upon its back.
Galusha the Magnificent
Joseph C. Lincoln
On Wednesday came a postcard from Jim, himself, demanding information.
Kent Knowles: Quahaug
Joseph C. Lincoln
But neither mother nor daughter had offered to show her postcard to the other.
Good Old Anna
Marie Belloc Lowndes

British Dictionary definitions for postcard

postcard

noun

a card, often bearing a photograph, picture, etc, on one side, (picture postcard), for sending a message by post without an envelopeAlso called (US): postal card

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Word Origin and History for postcard

n.

1870, from post (n.3) + card (n).

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