cablegram
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Moves are communicated over long distances — in less technologically savvy times often by handwritten mail or cablegram — and each player has days to make a move.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2012
Suddenly came a cablegram, signed by Johan's oldest son, Jan: how soon could Smit's Manhattan office get and ship 500 diamond-cutting saws to London?
From Time Magazine Archive
None of the words of my wife's cablegram sound at all like her.
From Time Magazine Archive
About two weeks ago, Dr. Smith got a cablegram from Captain Eric Hunt, former British naval officer, amateur zoologist, and master of a small, coastal-trading vessel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last month they started a cablegram campaign against El Lider.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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