cablegram

At breakfast the Minister read a second cablegram with a sudden recollection of Birmingham's ominous words the night before.
The Art of Disappearing|John Talbot Smith
A cablegram was despatched to Mr. Wilkie, and everything that science could devise was done for the poor little sufferer.
The Mysteries of Montreal|Charlotte Fuhrer
As he came into the hall another servant brought him another cablegram.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin|E. Phillips Oppenheim
Never any notion up to a day about three months ago, when there came a cablegram from England.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell

When Howard went to London next day he took with him a cablegram, part in code and part in plain English.
The Terms of Surrender|Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for cablegram

cablegram

/ (ˈkeɪbəlˌɡræm) /

noun

a more formal name for cable (def. 5)

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