1. A phrase written on an envelope to indicate that one kissed it to show love for the recipient, perhaps leaving behind a lipstick mark. Often abbreviated as "SWAK." You must have a secret admirer, because "sealed with a kiss" is written on the back of the envelope.
2. By extension, written and sent with love and affection. This letter comes sealed with a kiss, since I can't be there to kiss you in person.
written and sent with love and care. (The initialism is sometimes written on love letters. Also an acronym.) All her letters come SWAK. I know they are sealed with a kiss, because she says so.
mod. written and sent with love and care. (The initialism is sometimes written on love letters. Also an acronym.) I know they are sealed with a kiss, because she says so.
They used to be the stuff that memories are made of: epistles of undying devotion, scrawled on rose-scented paper, sealed with a kiss. In Monkeyhouse's new collaborative work, Always and a Day, artistic director Karen Krolak hopes to revitalize what technology has nearly vanquished--the art of writing love letters.
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