Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as postal card (which see, under postal).

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Examples

  • Your photo is proudly displayed in Kristi's post-card rack in her kitchen, so I saw you each morning as I poured my coffee.

    mauvais perdant - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Given the open nature of the communication, and the fact that transcripts have to be retained for billing purposes (unlike for example e-mail), would you conclude that this is the electronic equivalent of a post-card and that no expectation of privacy exists entirely?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Thoughts on the Oral Argument in City of Ontario v. Quon 2010

  • Every ounce of its dust passed through his hands; every post-card and letter of credit.

    CHAPTER 5 2010

  • Given the open nature of the communication, and the fact that transcripts have to be retained for billing purposes (unlike for example e-mail), would you conclude that this is the electronic equivalent of a post-card and that no expectation of privacy exists entirely?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Thoughts on the Oral Argument in City of Ontario v. Quon 2010

  • How we laughed over the salad that got brandy instead of vinegar—how we ate the golden pile of fried potatoes and how we pored over the post-card from the Lieutenant of the Senegalese—dear little vale of crushed and risen France, in the day when Negroes went “over the top” at Pont-à-Mousson.

    DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

  • "There is, I believe, a picture post-card for you."

    Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010

  • For Paradise had glued the post-card to his tray with one large, moist thumb, a thumb which had fortunately rested on the light blue of Hawaii's lovely sky.

    Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010

  • The thumb-print of Paradise was on the post-card, and the same print was on the blank sheet of paper that had arrived in the envelope from Scotland Yard.

    Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010

  • Given the open nature of the communication, and the fact that transcripts have to be retained for billing purposes unlike for example e-mail, would you conclude that this is the electronic equivalent of a post-card and that no expectation of privacy exists entirely?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Thoughts on the Oral Argument in City of Ontario v. Quon 2010

  • Given the open nature of the communication, and the fact that transcripts have to be retained for billing purposes unlike for example e-mail, would you conclude that this is the electronic equivalent of a post-card and that no expectation of privacy exists entirely?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Thoughts on the Oral Argument in City of Ontario v. Quon 2010

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