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CABLEGRAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cablegram mean?
• CABLEGRAM (noun)
The noun CABLEGRAM has 1 sense:
1. a telegram sent abroad
Familiarity information: CABLEGRAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A telegram sent abroad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
cable; cablegram; overseas telegram
Hypernyms ("cablegram" is a kind of...):
Context examples
Ah! here is our expected cablegram.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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"People are enemies of that which they don't know." (Arabic proverb)
"The pen is mightier than the sword." (Dutch proverb)