单词 | newsie |
释义 | newsie Chiefly U.S. and Austral. colloq.|ˈnjuːzɪ| Also newsy. [f. news n. (pl.) + -ie, -y6.] = news-boy.
1875North Alabamian (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 1 July 3/2 A newsboy on the M. and C. road was cruelly beating a dog which had jumped on the train, when its owner suddenly appeared at the car door, knocked ‘newsy’ off and commenced to pay him in his own coin. 1889Kansas City Times & Star 12 Jan., Nearly 900 ‘newsies’ applied for licenses and badges. 1904N.Y. Times 16 July 7 He approached the ‘newsy’ and offered to buy a paper. 1916C. Sandburg Chicago Poems 42 The newsies are pitching pennies. 1953Baker Australia Speaks iv. 105 Newsie, a paper seller. 1962John o' London's 4 Jan. 7/2 To be polite the newsie took a couple of swigs of it. 1962J. Onslow Bowler-Hatted Cowboy i. 10 One early morning as the ‘newsy’ passed my berth, I leant out to ask him quietly for some fruit. 1969‘E. Lathen’ Murder to Go (1970) xvi. 161 The newsie in the lobby. |

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