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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 notified by wire free of charge.
- 1955 Lil interrupted to quote a wire she received from Grant, sent just after the great moment Sunday.
- 1904 Shock drew a blank sheet toward him and set himself to compose a wire.