postcard

Or post card

[pohst-kahrd]

noun

1. 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.

2. postal card.

postcard

/ ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of postcard¹

First recorded in 1865–70; post ³ + card ¹

Example Sentences

He used innuendoes to refer to money, on one occasion messaging Gill: "I've received all promised Xmas gifts and requested five more postcards for your kind help next week during the debate."

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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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“After all, not even Edith-Anne Pevington wrote postcards to Rainbow, clever pony that he was,” she thought as she helped the little girl squirm her arms into the sleeves.

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