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

An advance tip had been sent in by a confederate on the private Chinese grapevine telegraph.

From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard

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

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 Banks, Nancy Huston