newsagent

[ nooz-ey-juh nt, nyooz- ]

/ ˈnuzˌeɪ dʒənt, ˈnyuz- /

noun Chiefly British.

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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.

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Origin of newsagent

First recorded in 1850–55; news + agent

Words nearby newsagent

news peg, news service, news story, news vendor, newsagency, newsagent, newsbeat, newsboard, newsboy, newsbreak, newscast

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Example sentences from the Web for newsagent

A newsagent further down on Nathan Road told The Daily Beast that he recognized a number of retired cops in the cavalry charge.
Hong Kong’s Triads Attack Protestors|Ben Leung|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As an adult she was a “newsagent reader,” leafing through copies at newsstands before buying the more refined Sunday Telegraph.
Brits Bid ‘World’ Goodbye|Sam Bungey|July 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He then settled in Nottingham, and commenced business as a printer, bookseller, and newsagent.
The Pictorial Press|Mason Jackson
Farley, our newsagent and tobacconist, held me when I went in for an ounce of the usual mild.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920|Various

The newsagent's clerk, when arranging his wares that morning, had had what he felt to be an unusually bright idea.
Jane Oglander|Marie Belloc Lowndes
So, with just a little grain of hope, they retraced their steps to the post office, which was also a stationer's and newsagent's.
A Popular Schoolgirl|Angela Brazil
I told a horrid fib and said the newsagent had forgotten to leave it.'
The Explorer|W. Somerset Maugham

British Dictionary definitions for newsagent

newsagent

US newsdealer (ˈnjuːzˌdiːlə)

/ (ˈnjuːzˌeɪdʒənt) /

noun

a shopkeeper who sells newspapers, stationery, etc

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