Despatches
[dɪ'spætʃ]
Examples
- Do you know that Lord Worcester is expected to bring home the next despatches? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- After a short interval envoys from China and Kao-chang were admitted and presented their despatches and credentials, which the Khan perused. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Served in Jowaki Campaign, Afghan Campaign, Charasiab (despatches), Sherpur, and Cabul. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He returned with despatches for the city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By accident or contrivance he lost these despatches as he made his way into the town, so that they fell into Alva's hands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He did not deny that he had been concerned in those victories--that he had been with the army and carried despatches for the Duke of Wellington. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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