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wire
n.
a telegram.
1904
 
Shock drew a blank sheet toward him and set himself to compose a wire.
1906
 
If you fall into a crevasse and are never heard of again, your friends will be notiĀfied by wire free of charge.
1955
 
Lil interrupted to quote a wire she received from Grant, sent just after the great moment Sunday.