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cablegram

American  
[key-buhl-gram] / ˈkeɪ bəlˌgræm /

noun

  1. a telegram sent by underwater cable.


cablegram British  
/ ˈkeɪbəlˌɡræm /

noun

  1. a more formal name for cable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cablegram

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; cable + (tele)gram

Example Sentences

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Moves are communicated over long distances — in less technologically savvy times often by handwritten mail or cablegram — and each player has days to make a move.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2012

Lady Astor passed the cablegram to the Soviet Literary & Educational Organization, host to the British party's tour.

From Time Magazine Archive

A cablegram from London was responsible for the crash.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Count Volpi read a cablegram from Premier Mussolini: "Please convey to the members of the American Commission the expression of my gratification, voicing the sentiments of the Italian people."

From Time Magazine Archive

On the twenty-sixth, just before we went on the ship, my father sent my grandmother a cablegram: sail- ING TODAY.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz