grapevine telegraph
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I Heard It Through The Grapevine, meanwhile, took its title from the days of the US Civil War, when the "grapevine telegraph" was a system of communication used by slaves.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2023
Last week a tip along England's grapevine telegraph sent a cable hurrying to Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the days I was at the mine the news travelled by grapevine telegraph that the Mission doctor from England had come to the village, and every one took advantage of it.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
She quarrelled fiercely with the doctor's wife for saying that she really could not see how Sidney got her news, and for quoting the doctor's opinion that it must come over the grapevine telegraph.
From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks
So the danger is averted by the grapevine telegraph, which simply signals the event in sufficient time to make it a man's own fault if he is not present.
From Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
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