fast telegram

noun

1. a type of domestic telegram sent at full rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted for immediate delivery.
2. the service offering such a telegram.

Example Sentences

After British Show-Jumping Star Harvey Smith publicly remarked that European Horse Trial Champion Anne was "nowhere near Olympic standard," he got a fast telegram from Meade�not exactly challenging him to a duel, but offering to bet him $600 that he would beat Smith at the Badminton three-day horse trials in April, and another $600 that Smith would not win the event.

From Time Magazine Archive