Meanings
plural marconigrams
- datedA message sent via radio.
At a nod the man brought him a marconigram.
1913, James Andrew White, Jerome W Howe, C S Anderson, The Wireless Age3 more examples
The marconigram would not carry all the way across the Atlantic...
1908, Society of Friends, Minutes and Proceedings of the Five Years MeetingThis was the marconigram which was to be the key to unlock the whole mystery.
1926, George Dilnot, The Story of Scotland YardThe ship was properly cleared for Portland, U.S.A., subject to orders at that port or on the high seas. A marconigram received at midday altered her destination to Leningrad.
1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 18, in Well Tackled!
Origin
From Marconi + -gram, from the name of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937).
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