overnight telegram
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
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