Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A boy who sells or delivers newspapers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boy who hawks newspapers on the streets or delivers them at houses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A boy who distributes or sells newspapers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
boy , or by extension a man, who delivers and/or sellsnewspapers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a boy who delivers newspapers
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Examples
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Even the newsboy, inured to the short words of an unfriendly world, and usually quite indifferent thereto, was impressed by the asperity of the suggestion and moved somewhat hastily on.
A Christmas Accident and Other Stories Annie Eliot Trumbull 1903
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The stranger listened to the sad story; and, having finished breakfast, he called a newsboy and bought a paper.
God's Plan with Men 1900
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I hadn't yet lost the feeling that a newsboy was a sort of cross between an orphan and a beggar.
One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America William Carleton 1910
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The newsboy is a most reliable employee, and the thing in him that keeps him at his arduous task generally makes him a successful man in the long run.
Idle Comments 1905
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Swindle, 'Kenyon called a newsboy to him and bought a copy of the paper.
A Woman Intervenes Robert Barr 1881
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In this case he merely remarked in a sort of "newsboy" voice:
The Perils of Pauline Charles Goddard 1915
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In his very first adventure with Batman, bringing to justice the small-town crime boss who killed his parents, Dick worked as a newsboy and, if I recall it right, a bowling alley pin-setter.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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Mondo's nattily attired in a black and white newsboy outfit, double swoon.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 9 "Race to the Finish" Holly Cara Price 2010
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Mondo's nattily attired in a black and white newsboy outfit, double swoon.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 9 "Race to the Finish" Holly Cara Price 2010
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Ms. Vezirian, who sported a newsboy cap and a chartreuse sweater, had me strip and assume various odd positions Arms up!
Behind That Healthy Glow Anne Kadet 2012
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