cablegram
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cablegram
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; cable + (tele)gram
Example Sentences
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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 • Dec. 23, 2012
This cablegram cracked the door toward resumption of diplomatic relations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lady Astor passed the cablegram to the Soviet Literary & Educational Organization, host to the British party's tour.
From Time Magazine Archive
This time the Scotland Yard man not only had a warrant for Eisler's arrest but also a tough cablegram from the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the twenty-sixth, just before we went on the ship, my father sent my grandmother a cablegram: sail- ING TODAY.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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