MAILGRAM

Etymology

Noun

mailgram (plural mailgrams)

A telegraphic message transmitted electronically from the sender to a post office and then printed and delivered to the recipient via physical post.

Verb

mailgram (third-person singular simple present mailgrams, present participle mailgramming, simple past and past participle mailgrammed)

(transitive, rare) To send by mailgram.

(transitive, rare) To send a mailgram to.

Source: Wiktionary



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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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