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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a telegram" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a style of communication that mimics the brevity and directness of telegrams.
Example: "He delivered the news as a telegram, concise and to the point."
Alternatives: "in a telegram style" or "like a telegram".
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Albee spent the next 10 years living in and around Greenwich Village, bolstered by the $25 a week interest payments from a trust fund he had inherited from his grandmother, and occasional work as a telegram boy for Western Union.
As a telegram boy he's mostly delivering notifications of death from the war in Algeria.
"I think it was described as a telegram machine, but we recognised it as a Lorenz teleprinter," Whetter said.
Wide right.' Al Michaels' commentary was as terse as a telegram; no need to embellish bad news.
At the same time he worked three summers in a car factory, and said he also loved to ride motorcycles as a telegram delivery boy.
The telegrams can arrive wrapped in an orange sleeve, marked as a telegram in the traditional way, or printed on a company's letter-head.
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