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单词 petit bleu
释义

petit bleun.

Brit. /ˌpɛtɪ ˈbləː/, U.S. /ˌpɛdi ˈblə/, /ˌpɛdi ˈblu/; see also petit adj. and n.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petit bleu.
Etymology: < French petit bleu (1885 or earlier in this sense) < petit (see petit adj.) + bleu blue adj. and n.
Now historical.
In France: a telegram, esp. one sent by the pneumatic post in Paris.
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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
1898 Atlantic Monthly May 597/2 He then had the petit bleu photographed.
1903 H. James Ambassadors xii. xxxii. 417 He saw the concierge produce, on his approach, a petit bleu delivered since his letters had been sent up.
1920 D. H. Lawrence Touch & Go 7 It may be that coal-owners are like the petit bleu arrangement, a system of vacuum tubes for whooshing Bradburys about from one to the other.
1933 ‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out vi. 44 An agency..sent me a petit bleu.
1999 Jrnl. Contemp. Hist. 34 507 The petit bleu, torn up and obviously never sent, was from Schwarzkoppen to Commandant Walzin-Esterhazy of the French army.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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