overnight telegram

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noun

a type of domestic telegram sent at a reduced rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted until midnight for delivery the following day.

the service offering such a telegram. Abbreviation: OTCompare fast telegram, personal-opinion telegram.

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Formerly night letter.

Origin of overnight telegram

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby overnight telegram

over my dead body, overnice, overnight, overnight bag, overnighter, overnight telegram, overnutrition, over one's head, overoptimism, overoptimistic, overorganize

How to use overnight telegram in a sentence

I remember all our music appeared on Spotify overnight, without anybody asking us.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The quandary of whether to freeze eggs or not could become irrelevant overnight.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Inquiries will be accepted only via Western Union telegram or rotary phone.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It took 12 hours to rescue just 100 passengers overnight Sunday.
‘We’re Going to Die’: Survivors Recount Greek Ferry Fire Horror|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Overnight on a New York City street, two artists might be creating their latest photo set, made entirely from discarded items.
#Setinthestreet: Your Street Corner Is Their Art Project|James Joiner|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My No. 4239 addressed to Maxwell and repeated to you was sent before receiving your telegram under reply.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Hilda reached to take the offered telegram, but her hand wavered around it instead of seizing it.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Never again would she ignore an urgent telegram, though she did not believe that this telegram had any real importance.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
But a knock at the door interrupted them; the discreet Capt entered, bearing a telegram upon a salver.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The Annandale men deferred reply till the morrow, and slipped away to their homes overnight.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison