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
A cablegram from London was responsible for the crash.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was told that Mr. Levey had received a cablegram from Mrs. Bartholomew saying she was traveling "incognito."
From Time Magazine Archive
It took ex-Theater Critic Brooks Atkinson six months and a personal cablegram to Joseph Stalin to get accredited to Moscow.
From Time Magazine Archive
"No, I have been in Mexico and South America and had someone send the cablegram for me from Japan," Haupt lied.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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