birthday card

collocation in English

meaningsofbirthdayandcard

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birthday
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/us
/ˈbɝːθ.deɪ/
the day that is exactly a year or number of years after a person ...
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card
noun
uk
/kɑːd/us
/kɑːrd/
a small, rectangular piece of card or plastic, often with your signature, photograph, or other information proving who you are, that allows you to do something, such as make a payment, get money from a bank, or enter a ...
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(Definition ofbirthdayandcardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbirthday card

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It's only abirthdaycard!
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What is a parent to do when he wants to send his child abirthdaycard?
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It is not very nice to get abirthdaycardtwo or three days late.
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A few weeks ago my wife told me on the telephone that she was going to send abirthdaycardto a friend of ours.
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The women's branch, among many imaginative and useful services, also sends out £5 and abirthdaycardon their birthdays to all service widows.
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The total income of the sub-post office in my village is derived from payments of benefits and from selling stamps and perhaps the oddbirthdaycard.
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Rose becomes increasingly resentful of her lack of freedom after she is denied sending her son abirthdaycard.
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Leaving the theatre to purchase abirthdaycard, she disappeared down a nearby alley and was never seen again.
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This style of badge is used in political campaigning and often given as part of a birthday greeting such as abirthdaycard.
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During an afternoon at the local diner, he accidentally drops abirthdaycardmeant for his grandmother (who had raised him) and it gets mailed.
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