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newshawk

American

[nooz-hawk, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌhɔk, ˈnyuz- /

noun

Informal.

a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.

newshawk British

/ ˈnjuːzˌhɔːk /

noun

Also called: newshound. informal a newspaper reporter

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Etymology

Origin of newshawk

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; news + hawk ¹

Example Sentences

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Awed by such candid fury, a newshawk inquired : "Does the President know you're giving General Motors hell like this?"

From Time Magazine Archive

At that address a Star newshawk found a crowd standing outside the Coffee Mug restaurant run by one Max Komen who served 5� breakfasts, 15� lunches.

From Time Magazine Archive

But General Convention adjourned and it took a newshawk to remind Presiding Bishop Perry of the Bishops and Ze Barney Thorne Phillips of the Deputies that nothing had been done about the message.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir Percival Phillips, 59, last active newshawk of Britain's official frontline War correspondents, nephew of the onetime U. S. Senator Philander Chase Knox; of nephritis and heart disease; in London.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was just too much going on around me that I didn't get, and me, I'm supposed to be the razor-sharp newshawk who gets everything.

From Four-Day Planet by Piper, H. Beam

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