telegram
Example Sentences
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The papers also reveal Downing Street was forced to apologise after then-Prime Minister John Major's birthday telegram to the Queen Mother in 1994 was addressed in an "improper manner".
From BBC
There had been no letters, no telegrams, and not a single picture postcard.
From Literature
After picking up the note, the messenger cycled around town, picking up other telegrams, before returning to the office.
From Literature
"The telegram boy said, 'I'm sorry to tell you, but this is bad news'," he says.
From BBC
A telegram from King George VI was read aloud:
From BBC
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