Telegrams
[teliɡræmz]
Examples
- Jasper and the pantry-boy are both out with notes and telegrams. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A great many telegrams were sent and received while the train was at full speed, including a despatch to the cable king, John Pender. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Beth, who was ready first, kept reporting what went on next door, and enlivened her sisters' toilets by frequent telegrams from the window. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He turned to his desk and scribbled off several telegrams, which were handed over to the page-boy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is estimated that in the United States as many messages are sent by telephone as the combined total of telegrams, letters, and railroad passengers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Edited by Enrico