grapevine telegraph

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I Heard It Through The Grapevine, meanwhile, took its title from the days of the US Civil War, when the "grapevine telegraph" was a system of communication used by slaves.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2023

Last week a tip along England's grapevine telegraph sent a cable hurrying to Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Didn't you ever hear of the grapevine telegraph?

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway

An advance tip had been sent in by a confederate on the private Chinese grapevine telegraph.

From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard

So the danger is averted by the grapevine telegraph, which simply signals the event in sufficient time to make it a man's own fault if he is not present.

From Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir