cryptogram
Example Sentences
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The parchment contained a 17-line cryptogram which apparently revealed where his treasure was buried.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2020
Two men with conflicting agendas each seek a prophetic cryptogram written on a page from a murdered rabbi’s notebook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
The temptation was too great and I twitched aside my cloak to reveal my cryptogram of office.
From Nature ● Dec. 15, 2015
There is even a cryptogram on the 1794 grave of James Leeson in Trinity Churchyard that is deciphered to: “Remember Death.”
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2012
Henry’s letter, from Connecticut, was as stilted as a cryptogram from the western front.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
