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telegraph line

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Noun1.telegraph linetelegraph line - the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
telegraph wire, telephone line, telephone wire
phone cord, telephone cord - the telephone wire that connects to the handset
conducting wire, wire - a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance


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I had it packed on a special reel at his suggestion, as it was his idea that he could fasten one end here before he left and by paying it out through the end of the prospector lay a telegraph line between the outer and inner worlds.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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