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单词 night letter
释义

night letter


noun

former name of overnight telegram. Abbreviation: NL

Origin of night letter

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby night letter

nightjar, night jasmine, Night Journey, night key, night latch, night letter, nightlife, night-light, night lizard, nightlong, nightly
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Example sentences from the Web for night letter

  • Listen: this morning Colonel-daddy got a night-letter from Billy Starbuck.

    The Real Man|Francis Lynde
  • How much does civilization owe the telephone, the night-letter, the fast mail and two-cent postage?

    The Fiction Factory|John Milton Edwards
  • Gene Beavers received a night-letter from Doctor Winslow on the following day, and it contained its full quota of words.

    Rilla of the Lighthouse|Grace May North

British Dictionary definitions for night letter

night letter

noun

(formerly, in the US and Canada) a telegram sent for delivery the next day at a cheaper rate than a regular telegram
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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