newsagent
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈnjuːzeɪdʒənt/
- UK
:
quiosquero
- Every Saturday, I visit the local newsagent to pick up the latest magazines.
I remember we had to go past this newsagent right on the Leicester High Road.
- I remember we had to go past this newsagent right on the Leicester High Road.
- And so I suppose with the connections of business opportunities, but they all had little newsagents.
- And I, I, I I go into this newsagent shop where Gaz was looking at one of the books.
Examples
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I worked in a newsagent.
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On the bench outside the newsagent's, Eamon sat and looked at the article.
Fiction book (1998) -
And if you wanted to open a newsagent within a certain distance of another newsagent, tough!
Blog text (9) -
I remember we had to go past this newsagent right on the Leicester High Road.
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I used to just go in the local newsagents and take sweetie bars and stuff.
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He went to a public library, and then to a newsagent's shop.
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By then, the Record has been delivered to hundreds of homes across the county and is stacked neatly in every newsagent.
Fiction book (2001) -
Since cigarette smoking has become mandatory, newsagents in Britain have flourished.
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Walking to the shops, the Cafs, the local Tescos, the newsagents, the off licence.
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I stopped by the newsagent to buy a newspaper and some snacks for the train journey.
Synonyms
59
1.8
A small stall or shop that sells newspapers and magazines
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4.9
A person who sells newspapers on the street
A person who sells newspapers and sometimes magazines to people
A person who sells newspapers and magazines at a small street stall
How Specialized
- US
1
4.9
- US
59
1.8
- UK
1
2.5
80
1.0
244
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Newsagent is a simple combination of news (things that are 'new' or recent) and agent (a person who sells or acts for others). So a newsagent is a person or shop that sells newspapers and magazines, which makes the origin easy to remember.