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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.
2. postal card (def. 1).
Also, post card.


Origin:
1865–70; post 3 + card 1
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postal card  
n.  An unadorned card printed with the image of a postage stamp, issued by a government and used for sending messages. Also called post card.
post card also post·card   (pōst'kärd')
n.  
  1. A commercially printed card with space on one side for an address and a postage stamp, used for sending a short message through the mail.

  2. See postal card.

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