cablegram
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of cablegram
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; cable + (tele)gram
Example Sentences
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The foreign ministry in Lisbon began sending cablegrams to Bordeaux, ordering him to desist, amid reports from colleagues that he had "lost his senses".
From BBC
When Martin betrays Max’s actress sister, Max decides to exact revenge via airmail and cablegram.
From New York Times
Moves are communicated over long distances — in less technologically savvy times often by handwritten mail or cablegram — and each player has days to make a move.
From New York Times
In an hour Columbine dropped down stream and my notion is it was a relief to Wyndham the cablegram arrived.
From Project Gutenberg
It has newspapers, telephones, cablegrams, and a host of other things.
From Project Gutenberg
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