Postcardy

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tweely picturesque. informal

    "By three next afternoon I was waiting under Coggeshall's clock tower. The postcardy little place still has a free car park."

  2. 2
    Suggestive of a postcard.

    "Lots of these sites have postcardy country names: Bog Creek Farm, Reich Farm, Burnt Fly Bog."

Example

More examples

"By three next afternoon I was waiting under Coggeshall's clock tower. The postcardy little place still has a free car park."

Etymology

From postcard + -y.

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