Mailgram

[ meyl-gram ]

Trademark.

1. a message transmitted electronically to the post office nearest the addressee and then delivered by regular mail.
2. the service that sends such messages.

Example Sentences

A mailgram announcing her acceptance to NASA’s astronaut candidate program, dated 1978, is part of the display.

From Washington Times

He said that the relationship continued for years and that his feelings were complicated: He shared a copy of a Western Union Mailgram he had sent to Mr. Levine at the Salzburg Festival in 1988 that contained the postscript “P.S. I love you.”

From New York Times

He was busy reading a mailgram from University of Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne wishing him luck on an upcoming game.

From Literature

Note that this Mailgram, compared to its predecessors, isn’t handsome or significant-looking or, really, notable in any respect other than that it originated at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

From Time

Cliff: That really burns my hide that Lilith sent him that mailgram.

From Time Magazine Archive