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cablegram

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ca·ble·gram  (kbl-grm)
n.
A telegram sent by submarine cable.
[cable + (tele)gram.]
cablegram [ˈkeɪbəlˌgræm]
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) a more formal name for cable [5]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cablegramcablegram - a telegram sent abroad              
cable, overseas telegram
telegram, wire - a message transmitted by telegraph
Translations
cablegram [ˈkeɪblgræm] N → cablegrama m
cablegram [ˈkeɪblˌgræm] n → cablogramma m
cablegram [ˈkeɪblˌgræm] n → cablogramma m


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Here is a message for you, forwarded from Baltimore; it is a cablegram from Paris.
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On his study table--a curious note of modernism where everything seemed to belong to a bygone world--was a cablegram.
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So quickly was this order filled that on the twelfth day after the arrival of the cablegram, the ships were on their way to Messina with the lumber.
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