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单词 73
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73 n. (also seventy-three) U.S. used by telegraph and (now chiefly) radio operators to indicate any of various expressions of goodwill; ‘best wishes’, ‘goodbye’; also in plural in same sense.
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1855 Shaffner's Telegr. Compan. Oct. 399 73. Best respects.
1867 Telegrapher 7 Sept. 14/3 This popular ignorance is as pitiable as it is absurd. 73. O.P. Erator. York, Pa., August 10, 1867.
1901 Washington Post 13 Oct. 35/3 As he prepared to shut off she caught the signal ‘73’, and pricked up her ears. ‘What was that “73” for?’ she asked... ‘Seventy-three,’ he replied, ‘is the universal greeting. It means pretty nearly everything from “have a drink” to an elaborate expression of good will.’
1918 Railroad Telegrapher Apr. 548/2 Bro. Thomas Donahue..sends his ‘73s’ to all his old pals, and would be glad to hear from them.
1976 S9 (N.Y.) May–June 31/2 Seventy-threes, and 'bye.
1993 Press Assoc. Newswire (Nexis) 19 Aug. An 84-year-old US Coast Guard search-and-rescue tradition has ended with a final Morse code ‘73’ sent by a radio operator in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
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