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mukluk telegraph

mukluk telegraph noun: the spread of information and gossip by word of mouth in rural Alaska.

Noun

mukluk telegraph (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) The spread of information and gossip by word of mouth in rural Alaska.
    • He lived here, and although something told her he wasn't a member in good standing of the congregation of the Chistona Little Chapel, maybe he'd heard something over the mukluk telegraph.1995, Dana Stabenow, Play with Fire, →ISBN, page 104
    • Somehow, over the mukluk telegraph, I got the message and came into town and got him.2003, Jeff Davis, Fifty-Five Years in the Alaskan Bush: The John Swiss Story, →ISBN, page 92
    Synonyms:
    mukluk wireless

Synonyms of mukluk telegraph

Questions about mukluk telegraph

What does mukluk telegraph mean?
Mukluk telegraph means the spread of information and gossip by word of mouth in rural Alaska.
What part of speech is mukluk telegraph?
Mukluk telegraph is a noun.

Words near mukluk telegraph in the dictionary

  1. muklek
  2. mukleks
  3. mukluk
  4. mukluk boot
  5. mukluk boots
  6. mukluk telegraph
  7. mukluk wireless
  8. mukluked
  9. muklukked
  10. mukluks
  11. mukna

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