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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.


postcard

/ ˈəʊˌɑː /

noun

  1. a card, often bearing a photograph, picture, etc, on one side, ( picture postcard ), for sending a message by post without an envelope Also called (US)postal card
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of postcard1

First recorded in 1865–70; post 3 + card 1
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Getzels and Pitchon-Getzels, who are both retired, said they were using their free time to send emails, make phone calls, write postcards and attend marches, trying to mobilize elected officials and their neighbors.

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On a postcard Augusta day, McIlroy made Masters history by becoming the first player to begin a round with six consecutive scores of three or better.

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Not that he’s got a dearth of it; he’s been creating nearly a “postcard” a day for 30 years, and now has thousands of carefully curated pieces in archival sleeved books.

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Rose was as pristine at Augusta National as the postcard day, making birdie on his first three holes before collecting five more on his way to a seven-under-par 65 that put him atop the leaderboard.

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The last time I visited, I sat by the window, with the blue line buzzing overhead, and slipped one of those postcards into an envelope addressed to one of my closest friends in California.

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