newsboy
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈnjuːzˌbɔɪ/
- Archaic
:
repartidor de periódicos
- As the sun rose, the newsboy called out the headlines to passersby in the busy square.
Examples
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We're a union now, the newsboys union.
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Every newsboy in town's screaming about it.
Fiction book (1991) -
So I asked a newsboy.
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I heard the newsboy shouting.
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We got 300 extra newsboys for tomorrow morning.
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Why, even the cops and the newsboys recognize me on sight.
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What are those newsboys shouting?
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Newsboys follow Harry home, trying to sell him their newspapers, refusing to take no for an answer.
Fiction book (2002) -
The newsboy ran down the street, offering newspapers to anyone who would buy one.
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I spotted a newsboy at the corner, enthusiastically selling copies of the morning paper.
Synonyms
22
2.3
A boy or young man who delivers newspapers
2
8.2
A person who sells newspapers on the street, often a child
1
2.5
A shop or person that sells newspapers, magazines and small snacks
1
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word newsboy comes from the simple parts news and boy. These were boys who sold or delivered the 'news' on street corners, often shouting the day's headlines, so today newsboy means a boy who sells or delivers newspapers.