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单词 airgram
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airgramn.

Brit. /ˈɛːrɡram/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌɡræm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.1, -gram comb. form.
Etymology: < air n.1 + -gram comb. form, probably as alteration of aerogram n.
1. = aerogram n. 1b. Now rare.
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1901 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 31 Dec. 1/3 They are casting about for a short and simple term to stand for..‘A message transmitted by wireless telegraphy.’.. ‘Aerogram’ and ‘airgram,’..find much favor.
1912 Charleroi (Pa.) Mail 2 Jan. (heading) Airgrams sent by aviators... Two French officers..succeeded in sending wireless messages a considerable distance.
2. = aerogram n. 2a.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance
post-letter1648
ship-letterc1675
by-letter1685
penny-post letter1686
way letter1710
by-night1766
cross-letter1789
twopenny1818
box letter1827
non-paid1829
balloon-letter1870
pigeongram1875
railway letter1891
pneumatogram1894
airmail1918
aerogram1919
airgram1919
air letter1920
pneumatique1924
pneu1926
snail mail1929
aerogramme1934
airgraph1941
1919 Times 6 June 7/3 The cable companies, rather than the shipping companies, would feel the competition of airgrams.
1934 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 18 Mar. 12/2 The ‘airgram’ consists of a sheet of paper glued at the edges.
1968 ‘D. Torr’ Treason Line 163 I've been down here for the past hour checking the airgrams for the Washington pouch.
1988 Fortune 1 Aug. 98/3 It even began to provide free stamped airgram envelopes for locals writing to relatives in the U.S.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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