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cablegram

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ca⋅ble⋅gram

[key-buhl-gram]
–noun
a telegram sent by underwater cable.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; cable + (tele)gram
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ca·ble·gram   (kā'bəl-grām')   
n.  A telegram sent by submarine cable.

[cable + (tele)gram.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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