[f. TELE- + Gr. λόγος word.] A message transmitted by telephone, a telephonic message; = TELEPHEME.
1881. Jrnl. Stat. Soc., XLIV. March, 27. And he believed if the company were allowed to carry on its operations, that before the end of 1881, telephones would be put up in every chemist’s shop in London, where any one desiring to use them would simply have to go in and pay a penny, and have a penny telelogue with the person at the other end.
1881. J. W. Batten, in Times, 10 Nov., 8/3. The United Telephone Co… would … supply London with a penny Telelogue in … addition to the sixpenny Telegram.
1884. Pall Mall G., 25 April, 5/2. They resolutely refuse to allow the United Telephone Company to give the public a penny telelogue.
1898. (Heading of a book of forms for Mercantile use) Confirmation of Telelogue.
