Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A card (not a postal card) which can be closed, stamped, and sent as a letter.

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Examples

  • We were standing at slanting desks in the Kiel post-office, Davies scratching diligently at his letter-card, and I staring feebly at mine.

    The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

  • She sealed the letter-card and dropped it in the post-box, then sent a second telegram to cover the information in it.

    St Peter's Finger Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1938

  • Having sent off the telegram she obtained a letter-card, and wrote immediately, remaining in the post office to do so:

    St Peter's Finger Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1938

  • At the post-office he stopped; purchased a letter-card; held his pen a while as he polished the glimmering idea that now had taken form; then wrote to his Mary: --

    Once Aboard the Lugger 1925

  • Next morning he wrote a letter-card and posted it on his way to the shop.

    Of Human Bondage 1919

  • Owing to the reduction in the Domestic letter rate of postage, the issue of the 3c letter-card, the 3c stamped envelope, and the 3c postage stamp from the Department has ceased.

    The Stamps of Canada Bertram William Henry Poole 1918

  • Next morning he wrote a letter-card and posted it on his way to the shop.

    Of Human Bondage 1915

  • At the post office he stopped and wrote a letter-card.

    Mr. Britling Sees It Through 1906

  • Look at these letters (producing a letter and a letter-card.)

    The Philanderer George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • Don Luis took the letter-card and, on examining it, found that the address and the postmarks had been scratched out so as to make it impossible to read the name of the addressee or where he lived, but that the place of posting was quite clear, as was the date: Paris, 4

    The Teeth of the Tiger Maurice Leblanc 1902

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