marconigram

American

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

Or Marconigram

noun

Older Use.

a radiogram.

Etymology

Origin of marconigram

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

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marconigram

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 Thomas W. Corbin

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 Ruth Sawyer

Before the bulletin board we passengers were clustered to read that day's marconigram and learn what more of Europe had fallen to pieces since yesterday.

From The Pentecost of Calamity by Owen Wister

"One cannot think about reasonable things on days when the marconigram fails."

From The Governors by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

"Yesterday," she told him, "by marconigram from Queenstown."

From The Illustrious Prince by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

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