| 单词 | postal telegraph |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspostal telegraph postal telegraph n. originally U.S. (now historical) a public postal system using the electronic telegraph. ΚΠ 1866 N.Y. Times 5 June 4/6 (heading) A communication to the House on the Postal Telegraph System. 1870 Times 17 Mar. 10/4 A statement of the total number of messages forwarded from postal telegraph stations in the United Kingdom. 1928 J. Gollomb tr. R. Brunet New German Constit. ii. 66 The unity of the Reich is greatly strengthened by the fact that the principal public services—the army, finances, diplomatic corps, postal telegraphs, railroads—are hereafter completely concentrated in its hands. 2000 R. R. John in A. D. Chandler & J. W. Cortada Nation Transformed by Information iii. 78 Beginning in 1868, he lobbied Congress for several years to charter a ‘postal telegraph’ that would compete with Western Union by reducing rates and expanding public access. < as lemmas |
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