| 单词 | grapevine telegraph |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrapevine telegraph grapevine telegraph n. (see sense 2a.) ΚΠ 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms (at cited word) During the Civil War exciting news of battles not fought and victories not won were said to be received by grape-vine telegraph. 1936 J. G. Brandon Pawnshop Murder iii. 26 I'll see what I can get over the ‘grapevine’ telegraph. 1951 John o' London's Weekly 17 Aug. 494/2 First with the news was..the little old man who cleans our windows... He is our grapevine telegraph. 1953 X. Fielding Stronghold i. i. 5 I had long ago ceased to wonder at the workings of their grape-vine telegraph. < as lemmas |
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