Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A printed card with space on one side for an address and a postage stamp, used for sending a short message through the mail.
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- noun A
rectangular piece ofthick paper orthin cardboard intended to bewritten on andmailed without anenvelope . In the case of a picture postcard one side carries a picture or photograph.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
Etymologies
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Examples
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LOve the quilted ghost, and the bird brain postcard is priceless!
Birdbrains & Triptychs katelnorth 2007
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Of course, this postcard is a modern reproduction.
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This postcard is a little thicker than average, in order to create the effect, so naturally the Postal Service did their best to destroy it.
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And the postcard is the final one from the fastenings swap, this one from Kandy, who has cleverly used hooks and eyes in her design - really pretty, isn't it!
All in a morning's work katelnorth 2008
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Oh, and if you don’t know about the postcards then it goes like this: send me an email with the title postcard at my email at mpshiel at hotmail.com and you will get one and then MORE of these exceedingly cool cards.
Archive 2008-08-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Oh, and if you don’t know about the postcards then it goes like this: send me an email with the title postcard at my email at mpshiel at hotmail.com and you will get one and then MORE of these exceedingly cool cards.
I pursue taboo love, reasons to wear corsets and girls with knives Elizabeth McClung 2008
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If you WANT a postcard, and you haven’t gotten one yet, this is the Something for Nothing deal: you email me at mpshiel at hotmail.com with the title postcard and your name and address and some interests if possible and orientation.....since I tend to assume everyone is gay...hope for the best right?
Archive 2008-12-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008
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If you WANT a postcard, and you haven’t gotten one yet, this is the Something for Nothing deal: you email me at mpshiel at hotmail.com with the title postcard and your name and address and some interests if possible and orientation.....since I tend to assume everyone is gay...hope for the best right?
Stamp Oasis: We have fun playing with postcards! Elizabeth McClung 2008
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The next day Mrs Grasso, my fifth grade homeroom teacher, thought I was a superstar as I presented my postcard from the White House signed by Ford to my classmates in Show & Tell.
O.K. Steve Martin rode a bike through Central Park today « Dating Jesus 2009
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“The next day Mrs Grasso, my fifth grade homeroom teacher, thought I was a superstar as I presented my postcard from the White House signed by Ford to my classmates in Show & Tell.”
O.K. Steve Martin rode a bike through Central Park today « Dating Jesus 2009
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