postcard

[pohst-kahrd]

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; post3 + card1
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Postcard is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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postcard (ˈpəʊstˌkɑːd)
 
n
Also called (US): postal card a card, often bearing a photograph, picture, etc, on one side, (picture postcard), for sending a message by post without an envelope

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