"bush telegraph" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2007, \"From Sudan to supermodel stardom,\" msnbc.com, 28 Aug. (retrieved 19 Sep. 2008)",
          "text": "When I was born, family and friends came from all over, thanks to the bush telegraph. There were very few telephones where I grew up, so my father mentioned my birth to someone at the market. And that woman told a man who was delivering rice to a place up the road. He told someone there, who was taking a herd of cattle south, toward the villages. And pretty soon the news of my birth had spread far and wide."
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        "A system used by undeveloped societies in remote regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds, word-of-mouth relay, or smoke signals."
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          "word-of-mouth",
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          "smoke signal",
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        "(idiomatic) A system used by undeveloped societies in remote regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds, word-of-mouth relay, or smoke signals."
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          "sense": "communication system used by undeveloped societies",
          "word": "jungle telegraph"
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          "ref": "1911, Jack London, chapter 9, in Adventure:",
          "text": "I suppose you've received information, by bush-telegraph, that that third assistant understrapper and ex-sailorman at Tulagi is going to deport me as an undesirable immigrant.",
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        "A gossip network."
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        "(idiomatic) A gossip network."
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          "word": "rumor mill"
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      "sense": "communication system used by undeveloped societies",
      "word": "jungle telegraph"
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      "word": "jungle telegraph"
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