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Yes, telegraph is playable

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"Telegraph" Definition

noun

A communications system that transmits and receives simple unmodulated electric impulses, especially one in which the transmission and reception stations are directly connected by wires.
A message transmitted by telegraph; a telegram.
An apparatus for communication at a distance by coded signals.
An apparatus, system, or process for communication at a distance by electric transmission over wire.

verb-transitive

To make known (a feeling or an attitude, for example) by nonverbal means: telegraphed her derision with a smirk.
To make known (an intended action, for example) in advance or unintentionally: By massing troops on the border, the enemy telegraphed its intended invasion to the target country.
To send or convey a message to (a recipient) by telegraph.
To transmit (a message) by telegraph.

verb-intransitive

To send or transmit a telegram.

verb

To send or communicate by or as if by telegraph.
To send a to.
To send by means of a order.
To make known by signs especially unknowingly and in advance.

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