newsboy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of newsboy
Example Sentences
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The sports icon, donning a scarf and newsboy hat, disrupts the snowy scene outside of Clara’s home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
Guests showed up in tracksuits, house slippers, Adidas slides and newsboy caps, and one brought an accordion.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
He almost always appeared on camera wearing a hat, typically a wool newsboy or baseball cap.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
He took jobs as a newsboy, cannery and packing shed laborer, social work aide, interpreter, Boys Club organizer, elementary school teacher, co-director of a progressive elementary school and education specialist with the Pan American Union.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2021
A young boy wearing a newsboy cap twisted around and stared at me with an unsmiling look.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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