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newsboy

American  
[nooz-boi, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌbɔɪ, ˈnyuz- /

noun

  1. a person, typically a boy, who sells or delivers newspapers.


newsboy British  
/ ˈnjuːzˌbɔɪ /

noun

  1. a boy who sells or delivers 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

Etymology

Origin of newsboy

First recorded in 1755–65; news + boy

Example Sentences

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Less heralded at the time were the models that Troubetzkoy used for the soldier and the newsboy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024

He almost always appeared on camera wearing a hat, typically a wool newsboy or baseball cap.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

His dimples barely visible under a light stubble, a newsboy cap perched on his head, Garcia-Rulfo, 41, sounded simultaneously startled and excited, perhaps even a little disbelieving, by the turn his career had just taken.

From New York Times • May 17, 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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