overseas telegram

international telegram

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noun

British another name for cable (def. 5)

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Words nearby overseas telegram

overscale, overscore, overscrupulous, overseas, overseas cap, overseas telegram, oversee, overseer, oversell, oversensitive, overset

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How to use overseas telegram in a sentence

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
At least 70 percent of the children were adopted from overseas, including Russia, China, Ethiopia and Ukraine.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now Wisconsin is considering making it mandatory for parents who adopt overseas to have their children “re-adopted” in the state.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the early 1900s, fashion forgers often sketched designs they saw in Paris shows and sold reproductions in France and overseas.
The Big Business of Fashion Counterfeits|Lizzie Crocker|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The bill also provided $64 billion in war funding through the Overseas Contingency Operations account.
Merry Christmas, Defense Contractors!|Veronique de Rugy|December 22, 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
A full General landing to inspect overseas is entitled to a salute of 17 guns—well, I got my dues.
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