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View synonyms for cablegram

cablegram

[ key-buhl-gram ]

noun

  1. a telegram sent by underwater cable.


cablegram

/ ˈkeɪbəlˌɡræm /

noun

  1. a more formal name for cable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cablegram1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; cable + (tele)gram
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Example Sentences

At breakfast the Minister read a second cablegram with a sudden recollection of Birmingham's ominous words the night before.

A cablegram was despatched to Mr. Wilkie, and everything that science could devise was done for the poor little sufferer.

As he came into the hall another servant brought him another cablegram.

Never any notion up to a day about three months ago, when there came a cablegram from England.

When Howard went to London next day he took with him a cablegram, part in code and part in plain English.

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