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And the second was the telegrammatic phrasing of some of Burt’s melodies.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

Above all, there is his legendary dialogue – terse, fierce, telegrammatic, often imitated and spoofed, celebrated as a unique prose poetry of disquiet and confrontation.

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2017

We have all felt the vigour of telegrammatic expression, and, even when we do not trust the wire, we employ the force of wiry language.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony

My habit of listening intently to Uncle Nate's telegrammatic style of talk caused him to like me.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 by Various