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newsdealer

American  
[nooz-dee-ler, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌdi lər, ˈnjuz- /

noun

  1. a person who sells newspapers and periodicals.


Etymology

Origin of newsdealer

First recorded in 1860–65; news + dealer


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Selis Manor, a 205-unit apartment building at 135 W. 23rd Street, was built by Irving M. Selis, a blind newsdealer, and opened in 1980.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2016

Until a newsdealer won a court suit several years ago, papers could not be delivered on Sunday.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1907 Moses Annenberg went to Milwaukee to distribute all the Chicago newspapers then in existence, branched out as a newsdealer all over the U. S. In 1917 he became publisher of the Wisconsin News.

From Time Magazine Archive

I shall expect you, if you do offer this sketch for sale, to respect the "vested rights" of a "regular buyer," which my newsdealer will readily attest that I am.

From Time Magazine Archive

And just a word about an economy found necessary by the magazines and newspapers which take back the copies the newsdealer does not sell.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various

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