Definitions

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  • noun A card bearing a photograph, often a photograph of the cardholder for identification purposes.

Etymologies

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photo +‎ card

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Examples

  • He did however laugh at my photocard picture of me with short hair, so I promised to post a photo showing that I did actually look quite nice sometimes when I had short hair.

    The One With An Old Pic And A New Pic kisobel 2007

  • Motorists could be unwittingly making their car insurance policies invalid and driving illegally because their photocard driving licence has expired.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • We would urge all drivers with a photocard licence to check what date it expires.

    YOU might be breaking the law as you drive, warns Swinton Thatsnews 2008

  • Motorists could be unwittingly making their car insurance policies invalid and driving illegally because their photocard driving licence has expired.

    YOU might be breaking the law as you drive, warns Swinton Thatsnews 2008

  • We would urge all drivers with a photocard licence to check what date it expires.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • It did not contain my Family Railcard, driving license photocard, Kew membership card, or, um, anything else I can think of offhand.

    Punctuality! ailbhe 2006

  • So for the past few years, he has been intending to renew it - get his new address on it, get a photocard, that kind of thing.

    Rob's Driving License ailbhe 2004

  • In the same slot, behind his photo I found a photocard of a beautiful sunset/sunrise, can't figure out which, taken from above the clouds, and it says, "Jesus, our help for today, our hope for tomorrow" I looked at it for ages, feeling like God had me put it there in 1996 (or whenever it was) specifically for me to find it and be blessed by it on this very day at Cameron's graveside.

    sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2003

  • An ancient haggadah book in which a pair of hornrimmed convex spectacles inserted marked the passage of thanksgiving in the ritual prayers for Pessach (Passover): a photocard of the Queen's Hotel,

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • It will disappear in 2015, after which only a photocard will be issued.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph David Millward 2011

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