postage stamp

Definitions

1. A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
2. A very small area.
   colloquial, figuratively
3. The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.
   slang

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Examples

“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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