marconigram

American  

[mahr-koh-ni-gram] / mɑrˈkoʊ nɪˌgræm /

Or Marconigram

noun

Older Use.

1. a radiogram.

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Etymology

Origin of marconigram

First recorded in 1900–05; Marconi + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

"The mine is to be fired on receipt of a marconigram."

From A Hero of Li?ge by Strang, Herbert

She could pour forth her whole throbbing soul, impulsive, warm, and radiant, as a true Celt, yet she could be as impersonal, terse, and cryptic as a marconigram.

From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth

Now a marconigram can be flung across a hemisphere.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.

Then he fumbled through his pockets again, and this time produced a marconigram.

From The Belovéd Traitor by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)

Laverick, on his way back, went into a cable office and wrote out a marconigram to the Lusitania, Have you passenger Arthur Morrison on board?

From Havoc by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)