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Meanings of telegram in English

Portuguese
telegrama
Catalan
telegrama
Spanish
telegrama

A message transmitted by telegraph.

        telegrama
        Usage of telegram in English
        1
        The answer came in a night letter telegram about ten days later.
        A Town like Alice
        2
        Yes, and I sent her a telegram asking her to come home.
        The maltese falcon
        3
        He held a slip of paper: a telegram addressed to Thomas Morris.
        Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
        4
        He was watching the telegram withering in the centre of the fire.
        The Masquerader
        5
        Last week her mother received the following telegram: Impossible to come, darling.
        The new yorker
        6
        The day she received the telegram was the turning-point in her case.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 / Little J...
        7
        The boy who takes this note could no doubt forward your telegram.
        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
        8
        In fact, there's no record of any telegram having been sent -'
        Nanny mcphee and the big bang
        9
        She hadn't even known it was still possible to send a telegram.
        Beneath a southern sky
        10
        We need to send a telegram to Dr Frank Beard in London.
        Drood: a novel
        11
        I thought you would like to read the telegram; here it is.
        A Dog with a Bad Name
        12
        So he sent a telegram to the wholesale house in the city.
        Dave Porter in the Gold Fields; Or, The Search for the Landslide...
        13
        It was a telegram from El Paso, sent by Bolton, of course.
        Nothing in her way
        14
        I obeyed the hint contained in the letter, and sent no telegram.
        The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales
        15
        I got your telegram, and I came at the hour you said.
        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
        16
        The boots had entered the room with a telegram in his hand.
        The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
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        Translations for telegram
        Portuguese
        telegrama
        Catalan
        telegrama
        Telegram through the time
        Telegram across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common