seaside postcard

seaside postcard
n
a postcard (= a card for sending messages by post without an envelope) traditionally sent while on holiday at a British seaside town. Seaside postcards have brightly coloured comic drawings on one side, often with a mild sexual humour. The best-known artist of postcards of this type is Donald McGill.

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