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Proof a card can say 'I love you' without you having to.
means A distinguishing feature or mark of quality that proves something is genuine or characteristic of its kind.
from From London's Goldsmiths' Hall, where English gold and silver items were (and still are) brought to be officially assayed and stamped with a mark certifying their purity — literally the 'hall mark.' The word spread from metal to meaning: anything bearing a 'hallmark' now carries that same stamp of genuine, certified quality.
- origin
- named after London's Goldsmiths' Hall quality-stamping ritual
- stamp meaning
- originally certified gold and silver purity, not sentiment
- movie empire
- produces over 40 Christmas films yearly, mostly identical
- card odds
- Americans buy roughly 6.5 billion greeting cards annually