单词 | day letter |
释义 | > as lemmasday letter day letter n. U.S. (now historical) a cheap-rate, low-priority telegram delivered on the day it is sent; cf. night letter n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > types of telotype1850 cablegram1868 cable-message1877 phonogram1880 cable1883 ticking1888 aerogram1890 T.T.1893 petit bleu1898 Marconigram1902 radio-telegram1902 radiogram1903 wireless1903 news flash1904 teleflash1904 lettergram1908 day letter1910 night letter telegram1910 night telegraph letter1912 radio1915 printergram1932 teletype1933 greeting telegram1937 telemessage1941 overnight telegram1955 telex1957 1910 H. L. Sellers in Hearing Bill 19402 (U.S. Congress. Senate Comm. on District of Columbia) 15 We naturally are very eager..to complete the line..so that the..capital may have..a real night letter that will mean something to them. It will be a day letter as well as a night letter. 1960 L. C. Nanassy & W. H. Selden Business Dict. 57 The day letter is not handled so speedily as the full-rate message. 2002 G. J. Downey Telegraph Messenger Boys 88 Day letters..were accepted in the morning with delivery attempted (but not guaranteed) sometime that very same day. < as lemmas |
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