savingrams
savingrams is the plural of savingram.
Meaning of savingram
Noun
savingram (plural savingrams)
- A piece of administrative correspondence that uses the informal and abbreviated language of a telegram, but sent by mail, which is less expensive.
- Savingrams were used where there was not sufficient urgency to necessitate telegrams and they were sent in the same way as despatches.1995, Anne Thurston, Sources for Colonial Studies in the Public Record Office, →ISBN
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- Savingrams is the plural of savingram.
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