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
The "grapevine telegraph" was an "institution" during the whole war.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Cox, Jacob Dolson
Didn't you ever hear of the grapevine telegraph?
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway
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 Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
