old postcard
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- noun
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postal antigua
- The museum displayed an old postcard featuring a historic view of the town.
Examples
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In these old postcards, Hollywood is a dream town where movie stars glide out of big cars to press their hands and footprints in the wet cement.
Fiction book (2001) -
Old postcard showing the Lowell Jail.
Blog text (6) -
Got an old postcard, never mailed.
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Of that act they did together in 1915, only a few old postcards remain.
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There was an old postcard from Fiji stuck in the back of the drawer.
Fiction book (1998) -
When Amy would come with me to antique shows, she became intrigued with old postcards.
Blog text (15) -
The old postcard from the twenties made him laugh and broke his sour mood.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hello, Amoy, you dog-eared old postcard.
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I stayed in the house a few minutes longer to look through Mr. Murray's office and a box of old postcards I'd been poring over.
Blog text (1) -
We could have gone on thinking of the Cove... ... like one of those old postcards... ... realer than real... ... with each of us remembering it however we chose.
Synonyms
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1.0
A card with a picture that you send by mail with a short message
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3.2
A small card with a photo of a place that you send to someone
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1.0
A card sent by mail without an envelope, often with a picture on one side
A card you send through the mail without an envelope
A folded card that you write inside and seal before mailing
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a postcard from a previous era' is directly derivable from combining 'old' (not new) with 'postcard' (a card for messages); this is a straightforward adjective+noun composition with no idiomatic shift. Any additional nuance about collectibility or historical interest is pragmatic and does not block comprehension, and the same compositional pattern exists across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
Old postcard is a real postcard that is old, a small picture card sent long ago with a stamp and handwriting. Imagine finding a faded photo and a short note that shows how a street or person looked years ago; that's why people keep these cards as 'collectibles' or to learn about the 'past'.