newsboy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of newsboy
Example Sentences
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As plainclothes detective Tony Baretta, he swaggered through four gritty seasons in muscle shirts and a newsboy cap, with a snappy street patter and a pet cockatoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He almost always appeared on camera wearing a hat, typically a wool newsboy or baseball cap.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
She had topped it with a newsboy cap, a wink to the fedoras of her youth.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 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
Then I came across a story about that Lincoln man the newsboy mentioned.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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