continental code

noun

international Morse code.

Origin of continental code

¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Words Nearby continental code

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How to use continental code in a sentence

I can receive the continental code by wireless, and play on a violoncello.
Life's Minor Collisions | Frances Warner
Jim heard the quick patter of the continental code; Brittler heard it, too, and understood.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman | Albert Walter Tolman

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