In various applied senses. Originally a canard, current during the American Civil War, and shortened from: ‘a despatch by grape-vine telegraph’…
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| 释义 | society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > route by which rumour is passed (4) grapevinea1867 In various applied senses. Originally a canard, current during the American Civil War, and shortened from: ‘a despatch by grape-vine telegraph’… bush telegraph1878 bush-rangers' confederates who disseminated information as to the movements of the police; transferred, rapid spreading of information, or of a… moccasin telegram1908 = moccasin telegraph n. moccasin telegraph1909 a means for the rapid or surreptitious transmission of information (cf. bush telegraph n. at bush, n.1 compounds 2). |
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