day letter

American  

noun

1. a telegram having a limited number of words and sent slower and cheaper than a regular telegram.

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Etymology

Origin of day letter

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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day letter

As with the night letter, day letter, and special colored blanks for social telegrams, Western Union was the pioneer in the plan of providing telegraph service at gas stations.

From Time Magazine Archive

I've written to you every day letter after letter, and torn them up—torn them all up.

From The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary by Sir Hugh Walpole

Our first word from Susan was a day letter, telephoned to me from the telegraph office, though I at once demanded the delivery of a verbatim copy by messenger.

From The Book of Susan A Novel by Lee Wilson Dodd

Another is to be found in the recognition of the convenience of the night letter and day letter.

From Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty by Walter Kellogg Towers

“I’ll call for the copy to-morrow noon,” said I. Then I went to the telegraph booth and sent a day letter to Stella.

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Walter Prichard Eaton