"night letter" meaning in English

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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Telegraphy",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, [Walter Wager], My Side by King Kong: As Told to Walter Wager, New York, NY: Collier Books, page 104",
          "text": "Someone named Rose sent a night letter from Philadelphia asking for six free tickets. A relative?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
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        [
          "telegram",
          "telegram"
        ],
        [
          "overnight",
          "overnight"
        ],
        [
          "reduced",
          "reduced"
        ],
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ],
        [
          "delivery",
          "delivery"
        ],
        [
          "morning",
          "morning"
        ],
        [
          "following",
          "following"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ],
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          "minimum",
          "minimum"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(telegraphy, historical) 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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
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            "initialism"
          ],
          "word": "NL"
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        "communications",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications",
        "telegraphy"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 February 1, Luke Mogelson, “The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan”, in The New York Times Magazine",
          "text": "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 threatening execution.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "An unsigned leaflet distributed clandestinely."
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          "leaflet",
          "leaflet"
        ],
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          "clandestine",
          "clandestine"
        ]
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    }
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  "word": "night letter"
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    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
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      "tags": [
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Telegraphy"
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          "ref": "1976, [Walter Wager], My Side by King Kong: As Told to Walter Wager, New York, NY: Collier Books, page 104",
          "text": "Someone named Rose sent a night letter from Philadelphia asking for six free tickets. A relative?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
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          "overnight",
          "overnight"
        ],
        [
          "reduced",
          "reduced"
        ],
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ],
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          "delivery",
          "delivery"
        ],
        [
          "morning",
          "morning"
        ],
        [
          "following",
          "following"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ],
        [
          "minimum",
          "minimum"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ]
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        "(telegraphy, historical) 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."
      ],
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            "initialism"
          ],
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        }
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        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "telecommunications",
        "telegraphy"
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          "ref": "2012 February 1, Luke Mogelson, “The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan”, in The New York Times Magazine",
          "text": "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 threatening execution.",
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      ],
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        "An unsigned leaflet distributed clandestinely."
      ],
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          "leaflet",
          "leaflet"
        ],
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          "clandestine",
          "clandestine"
        ]
      ]
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