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bush telegraph
noun
- any system of communication in which the natives of a jungle or bush region transmit news rapidly, as by runners, drum codes, or smoke signals.
- Australian.
- any chain of communications by which criminals, originally bushrangers, are warned of police movements.
- Slang. rumor; the grapevine.
bush telegraph
noun
- a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats
- a means of spreading rumour, gossip, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bush telegraph1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
A bush telegraph, you see, is mostly worked about the neighbourhood he was born in.
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