aerogrammen.
/ˈɛːrə(ʊ)ɡram/, U.S. /ˈɛroʊˌɡræm/, /ˈɛrəˌɡræm/ = aerogram n. 2b.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance
post-letter1648
ship-letterc1675
by-letter1685
penny-post letter1686
way letter1710
by-night1766
cross-letter1789
twopenny1818
box letter1827
non-paid1829
balloon-letter1870
pigeongram1875
railway letter1891
pneumatogram1894
airmail1918
aerogram1919
airgram1919
air letter1920
pneumatique1924
pneu1926
snail mail1929
aerogramme1934
airgraph1941
1934 Times 16 Mar. 4/7 The values of genuinely flown covers or aerogrammes vary..according to rarity and aero-philatelical interest.
1964 H. Robinson Carrying Brit. Mails Overseas xxiv. 302 The folded air-letter form..has..been generally adopted..throughout the world. The Congress of the Universal Postal Union held at Brussels in 1952 provided for its general use. The front of the folded form was to bear the word Aerogramme and a similar indication such as ‘Air Letter’ in the language of the country.
1979 T. Benn Arguments for Socialism 14 My brother Michael..and I corresponded about socialism and religion by airletter and aerogramme.
1982 N. Gordimer in Lit. Rev. Oct. 44/3 There his letter was, among circulars from film clubs, bills, and aerogrammes with ‘And when are you coming over’ scribbled on the back.
1998 A. Chaudhuri Freedom Song (1999) 31 A hand-woven cotton sling bag..crammed with neat, though uneven, stairways of letters, a small blue aerogramme climbing up to a broad brown-paper envelope.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1934