pigeongramn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪdʒ(ᵻ)nɡram/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdʒ(ə)nˌɡræm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pigeon n., -gram comb. form.

Etymology: < pigeon n. + -gram comb. form, after telegram n.

A message delivered by homing pigeon.

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

1875 Thames (N.Z.) Advertiser 4 Mar. 3/4 My mate..had just ridden in from the Karangahake ridge and writing a ‘pigeongram’ (what a word!) from his dictation, I threw up one of my birds, and had the pleasure of seeing it go off like a dart.

1902 N.Y. Tribune 2 June 6/5 The rate for pigeongrams is one shilling.

1991 N.Z. Geogr. Jan.–Mar. 115 On one well-publicised occasion a bird was despatched with a pigeongram to Auckland at 8am and a reply received at 9.15 the same morning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pigeongram
释义	pigeongramn. Brit. /ˈpɪdʒ(ᵻ)nɡram/, U.S. /ˈpɪdʒ(ə)nˌɡræm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pigeon n., -gram comb. form. Etymology: < pigeon n. + -gram comb. form, after telegram n. A message delivered by homing pigeon. 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 1875 Thames (N.Z.) Advertiser 4 Mar. 3/4 My mate..had just ridden in from the Karangahake ridge and writing a ‘pigeongram’ (what a word!) from his dictation, I threw up one of my birds, and had the pleasure of seeing it go off like a dart. 1902 N.Y. Tribune 2 June 6/5 The rate for pigeongrams is one shilling. 1991 N.Z. Geogr. Jan.–Mar. 115 On one well-publicised occasion a bird was despatched with a pigeongram to Auckland at 8am and a reply received at 9.15 the same morning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875
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