单词 | airgram |
释义 | airgramn. 1. = aerogram n. 1b. Now rare. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1901 |
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