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- noun Alternative form of
newsy .
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Examples
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It's "newsie" and it's the very essence of truthiness.
Big News Orgs Fail To Label McCain Attack Ad What It Is: False 2009
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My sense was Libby was saying it was kind of newsie, no one knows.
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Emma knew that the high, clear tenor note was the shrill cry of the lame "newsie" at the corner of Sixth Avenue and
Emma McChesney and Co. Edna Ferber 1926
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He hired another 'newsie' to help him down to the station with them.
Radio Boys Cronies Samuel Francis Aaron 1899
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Since I'm not a "newsie" and watching news channels give me hives, I tend to get my news either online, or in magazine form (Newsweek) a week after it's happened.
First Offenders 2009
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I was a "newsie" (how appropriate!!) … a news vendor who sold soda pop, sandwiches, candy etc. up and down the aisles of the train, earning a small commission: my regular route was between Montreal and Chicoutimi.
BC Bloggers 2009
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"newsie", supplied under contract with CN by a private company, was loaded up with enough cases of pop and food to sell in both directions, PLUS 35 mini pillows and 70 pillow slips to rent out for the trip.
BC Bloggers 2009
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"newsie" shows and short inserts into "news" broadcasts are nothing more than pushing their agenda.
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The previous post in this blog was New newsie hangout.
You can hear 'em in the back room strummin' (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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It may be a declining public-perceived value of information, maybe just newsie information or maybe of digital goods in general.
Death of Newspapers, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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