night letter


noun

former name of overnight telegram. Abbreviation: NL

Origin of night letter

First recorded in 1910–15

Example sentences from the Web for night letter

  • Listen: this morning Colonel-daddy got a night-letter from Billy Starbuck.

    The Real Man |Francis Lynde
  • How much does civilization owe the telephone, the night-letter, the fast mail and two-cent postage?

    The Fiction Factory |John Milton Edwards
  • Gene Beavers received a night-letter from Doctor Winslow on the following day, and it contained its full quota of words.

    Rilla of the Lighthouse |Grace May North

British Dictionary definitions for night letter

night letter

noun

(formerly, in the US and Canada) a telegram sent for delivery the next day at a cheaper rate than a regular telegram