night letter
night letter noun: a telegram sent overnight at a reduced rate for delivery on the morning of the following day, typically with a minimum charge for 25 words or less.
Noun
night letter (plural night letters)
- A telegram sent overnight at a reduced rate for delivery on the morning of the following day, typically with a minimum charge for 25 words or less.
- "Someone named Rose sent a night letter from Philadelphia asking for six free tickets. A relative?"1976, [Walter Wager], My Side by King Kong: As Told to Walter Wager, New York, NY: Collier Books, page 104
- Synonyms:
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- An unsigned leaflet distributed clandestinely.
- Until one night this October, when members of Echo Company, from the Second Battalion, Fourth Marines […] quietly sneaked into Juz Ghoray and posted signs on people’s doors and windows. Their idea was to co-opt the infamous Taliban practice of intimidating government sympathizers with night letters...2012 February 1, Luke Mogelson, “The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan”, in The New York Times Magazine
Synonyms of night letter
Forms of night letter
| plural | night letters |
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Questions about night letter
- What does night letter mean?
- Night letter means a telegram sent overnight at a reduced rate for delivery on the morning of the following day, typically with a minimum charge for 25 words or less.
- What part of speech is night letter?
- Night letter is a noun.
- What is the plural of night letter?
- The plural of night letter is night letters.
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