cablegram

[ key-buh l-gram ]

/ ˈkeɪ bəlˌgræm /

a telegram sent by underwater cable.

Origin of cablegram

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; cable + (tele)gram

"See here," he said, and he threw the cablegram on the table.

Plotting in Pirate Seas |Francis Rolt-Wheeler
And you know, sir, even if he should not receive our cablegram, we have still one hope left.

Cappy Ricks Retires |Peter B. Kyne
Ten minutes after the little ceremony that left her no longer Joan Darcy, a cablegram was brought to her from London.

Why Joan? |Eleanor Mercein Kelly
But there was no escaping the reality that the cablegram and the letter had brought definite results.

The Tyranny of Weakness |Charles Neville Buck

I sent a cablegram almost as long as a letter, but it didn't appear to do any good.'

A Woman Intervenes |Robert Barr

cablegram

/ (ˈkeɪbəlˌɡræm) /

a more formal name for cable (def. 5)