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[ noun ] a message transmitted by telegraph

Synonyms

wire

Used in print

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

By 1871 L._C._Orvis , manager of the `` Western_Union_Telegraph_Company '' , expressed willingness to send emergency telegrams on Sundays from his Village drugstore .

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

The phone had been disconnected but telegrams came for him and notes by special messenger .

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