birthday card
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- noun
- /ˈbɜrθdeɪ kɑrd/
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tarjeta de cumpleaños
- You never even sent me a birthday card.
- send birthday card
- buy a birthday card
- sign a birthday card
I go to Walgreens cvsi find the shittiest birthday cards.
- I go to Walgreens cvsi find the shittiest birthday cards.
- And she wrote me a birthday card and it went, it said to you from me.
- Hell, sometimes it's just one birthday card you forgot to send on time and then that's it.
- And he was like, thanks, got you the best birthday card.
Examples
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Did you get my birthday card?
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I need to buy Luis a birthday card, potentially pop into Sephora as well for him.
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One of the questions I had was if he received my birthday card and things like that.
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And she wrote me a birthday card and it went, it said to you from me.
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Yo, I need you to sign this birthday card for the boss.
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When I was six years old I made her a birthday card.
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Well, thank you, thank you, my dear, for that lovely birthday card.
Fiction book (2002) -
When do you have to mail out the birthday card?
Fiction book (1990) -
I always send birthday cards, and Mother's Day and Father's Day cards.
Fiction book (1991) -
On the morning of her birthday, Rosie woke her up with a birthday card and present.
Synonyms
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A decorated card sent with a personal message for a special occasion
How Personal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a card sent or given to convey birthday greetings' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'birthday' (the day someone was born/celebration) with 'card' (a small paper item). This simple noun–noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows a predictable pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Birthday card comes from a simple idea: people gave small, decorated cards with written wishes for a birthday. As printed cards became cheap and easy to buy, giving or sending one became common, so the phrase now means 'to convey birthday greetings'.