Mailgram

[meyl-gram]

Trademark.

1. a message transmitted electronically to the post office nearest the addressee and then delivered by regular mail.

2. the service that sends such messages.

Example Sentences

A mailgram announcing her acceptance to NASA’s astronaut candidate program, dated 1978, is part of the display.

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He said that the relationship continued for years and that his feelings were complicated: He shared a copy of a Western Union Mailgram he had sent to Mr. Levine at the Salzburg Festival in 1988 that contained the postscript “P.S. I love you.”

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He was busy reading a mailgram from University of Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne wishing him luck on an upcoming game.

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Note that this Mailgram, compared to its predecessors, isn’t handsome or significant-looking or, really, notable in any respect other than that it originated at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Cliff: That really burns my hide that Lilith sent him that mailgram.

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