cablegram

[ key-buhl-gram ]
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noun
  1. a telegram sent by underwater cable.

Origin of cablegram

1
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; cable + (tele)gram

Words Nearby cablegram

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How to use cablegram in a sentence

  • At breakfast the Minister read a second cablegram with a sudden recollection of Birmingham's ominous words the night before.

    The Art of Disappearing | John Talbot Smith
  • A cablegram was despatched to Mr. Wilkie, and everything that science could devise was done for the poor little sufferer.

    The Mysteries of Montreal | Charlotte Fuhrer
  • As he came into the hall another servant brought him another cablegram.

    Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Never any notion up to a day about three months ago, when there came a cablegram from England.

  • When Howard went to London next day he took with him a cablegram, part in code and part in plain English.

British Dictionary definitions for cablegram

cablegram

/ (ˈkeɪbəlˌɡræm) /


noun
  1. a more formal name for cable (def. 5)

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