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postcard(dictionary)
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picture-postcard(dictionary)

postcard (iou)



postcard noun, verb, & adjective. L19.
[from POST noun2 + CARD noun2.]
A. noun. A card designed to be conveyed by post without an envelope, spec. (a) with space for a message on one side and the address on the reverse; (b) = picture postcard s.v. PICTURE noun L19.
M. Flanagan A coloured postcard of the Blue Mosque.
b. verb trans. Communicate with, inform, or announce by postcard. L19.
C. attrib. or as adjective. Such as is depicted on a postcard; picturesque, ideally pretty. M20.
Spectator A postcard land of blossom and bridges.