wire

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a telegram.

Quotations

1904

Shock drew a blank sheet toward him and set himself to compose a wire.

1906

If you fall into a crevasse and are never heard of again, your friends will be notified by wire free of charge.

1955

Lil interrupted to quote a wire she received from Grant, sent just after the great moment Sunday.