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picture writing

noun

the art of recording events or expressing ideas by pictures, or pictorial symbols, as practiced by preliterate peoples.
pictorial symbols forming a record or communication.

picture writing

any writing system that uses pictographs
a system of artistic expression and communication using pictures or symbolic figures

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First recorded in 1735–45

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“I think people sometimes picture writing as a pretty glamorous job people,” he said.

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In it she writes, “Motion picture writing is as practical as plumbing, only the plums are bigger.”

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Was that a bit of picture writing, etched into the golden curve of a petal?

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You can try to read the picture writing on the walls.

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“No, that Martian picture writing, it wasn’t anything. Let it go!”

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