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telegram
[tel-i-gram]
noun
a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
verb (used with or without object)
to telegraph.
telegram
/ ˈtɛlɪˌɡræm, ˌtɛlɪɡrəˈmætɪk /
noun
a communication transmitted by telegraph See also cable Telemessage
Other 51Թ Forms
- telegrammic adjective
- telegrammatic adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
A telegram in the same files shows a doctor from Cornwall, who was treating a 10-year-old child in 1944, pleading with the authorities for the medicine: "No hope without penicillin".
On 13 March, "Artem" sent a telegram message from a military hospital, where he was being treated for shrapnel wounds suffered in a drone attack.
Other lots included telegrams from the late Duke of Edinburgh and letters from Margaret Thatcher and fellow comics Ronnie Barker and Tommy Cooper.
“The Queen and Elton John sent me a telegram of congratulations - my mum and dad were interviewed all week - it was a big thing.”
His family had to wait almost two weeks before a telegram arrived, addressed to his mother.
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