cryptogram
Americannoun
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a message or writing in code or cipher; cryptograph.
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an occult symbol or representation.
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The two notes, a jumble of letters and numbers occasionally set off with parentheses, have also flummoxed members of the American Cryptogram Association, which the F.B.I. has consulted.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2011
Such are some of the nuggets from the cryptologic trove amassed by David Kahn, past president of the American Cryptogram Association.
From Time Magazine Archive
We really cannot waste time over Mr. Donnelly's theory of a Great Cryptogram, inserted by Bacon, as proof of his claim, in the multitudinous errors of the Folio.
From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Lang, Andrew
What do you think of Prof. William Henry Peck's "Cryptogram?"
From The Delicious Vice by Allison, Young Ewing
Author of "The Dodge Club," "Cord and Creese," "The Cryptogram," "The American Baron," &c, &c.
From The Living Link by De Mille, James
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