postage stamp

Definition

A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.

Example Sentences

• "The postage stamps on the letters from overseas were almost as interesting as the letters themselves."
• "We have just a postage stamp of a back garden."
• "[…] got in on the act himself, firing in an unstoppable shot that arced into the postage stamp top corner of Andy Goram's goal."

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