cablegram
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cablegram
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; cable + (tele)gram
Example Sentences
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"No, I have been in Mexico and South America and had someone send the cablegram for me from Japan," Haupt lied.
From Literature
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
On the twenty-sixth, just before we went on the ship, my father sent my grandmother a cablegram: sail- ING TODAY.
From Literature
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
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