Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Paris, a closed telegraph card sent by pneumatic tube to various central stations in the city and delivered by telegraph messenger. It is of a blue color, doubled in the middle and sealed on three sides by means of its prepared mucilage-covered edges.
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Bruxelles, went to the Hôtel Dominici, near the Place Vendôme, sent you a _petit-bleu_, and arrived here at 6.30.
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