telegraphing

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noun

A communication by telegraph.

RareScrabble 19

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of telegraph
nountelegraphing (plural telegraphings)

plural telegraphings

  1. A communication by telegraph.

    He was given three days to reconsider himself, and the Head of the establishment, after some telegraphings, said that it was a most unusual step […]

    1887, Rudyard Kipling, In the Pride of his Youth
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