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postal card

noun

  1. a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.


postal card

noun

  1. another term for postcard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of postal card1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences

An ordinary postal-card printing frame, D, with a hinged back was used and placed on the shelf A, as shown.

Out of his blanket-wrapper pocket he produced and spread out before the Doctor's eyes five thin letters and a postal-card.

I am supposed—anyhow I got a postal card that I am supposed to be here to-night.

If any one who has sent me a package and received no return will let me know by a postal card, I will answer at once.

I had a polite postal card from him yesterday, and an impolite one to-day.

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