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calogram
ˈcalogram [f. Gr. κάλω-ς cable + -gram.] A suggested substitute for cablegram.1868 Let. in Daily News 29 Sept., ‘Cablegram’..is a mongrel and unsatisfactory term; instead of which, allow me to suggest one regularly and analogically formed—‘Calogram’, from the Greek word κάλως, a cable. 1879 Ibid. 14...
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cablegram
cablegram (ˈkeɪb(ə)lgræm) [f. cable n. + -gram, by superficial analogy with telegram n. (in which both elements are Greek). (The substitution of calogram has been vainly urged by various writers.)] A message sent by submarine telegraph cable.1868 Daily News 26 Sept., The new word cablegram is used b...
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