tannergrams

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


very recent New Zealand slang.On 1st of June, 1896, the New Zealand Government reduced theprice of telegrams to sixpence (slang, a `tanner') for twelvewords.

1896. `Oamaru Mail,' June 13:

«Tannergrams is the somewhat apt designation which the newsixpenny telegrams have been christened in commercialvernacular.»