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Mailgram, n. U.S.|ˈmeɪlgræm|
Also mailgram.
[f. mail n.3 + -gram 2.]
A proprietary name for a system of sending messages whereby the text of a message is transmitted to a post office near its ultimate destination, printed out, and delivered by ordinary post; also, a message delivered by this or (more generally) a similar service.
1969N.Y. Times 1 July 6/6 The mailgram is transmitted over Western Union lines, then written out at the Post Office in the town for which it is destined. It is then delivered in the regular mail. 1973T. H. White Making of President 1972 (1974) xii. 325 There would be in the last week eight million ‘mailgrams’ to the nine largest states..plus 9,000,000 letters to Republicans. 1976New Yorker 1 Mar. 23/3 Two items..had come from U.P.I.'s City Hall reporter. All the rest had come from press releases: press releases via mail, telephone, telex, Mailgram. 1985New Yorker 29 Apr. 44/3 He issued reports, sent Mailgrams, dictated his thoughts, made statements, [etc.]. |