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news vendor

British  

noun

  1. a person who sells newspapers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The first of WH Smith's 500 stores opened more than 230 years ago, operating as a news vendor.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2025

Mr. Coughlin, who sits on the local community board, has asked the Metropolitan Transportation Authority if it can help compensate the news vendor.

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2018

After his election in March, Francis personally rang his news vendor in Buenos Aires to cancel his newspaper subscription.

From Newsweek Sep. 8, 2013

Most recently, he had been working Sundays for a news vendor, Mr. Hilton.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2012

His late father, afflicted with progressive blindness, was a news vendor who had to support his sightless wife along with Jim and two older daughters.

From Time Magazine Archive

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