newsmonger
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of newsmonger
Example Sentences
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Tillman is a newsmonger, whose disagreeable imposture does not prevent his comic confrere from getting the real scoop on the squealer mystery.
From Time Magazine Archive
When an old mustached rascal startled a credulous world by asserting that he had discovered the North Pole, Philip Gibbs, then a sharp-witted newsmonger, investigated.
From Time Magazine Archive
She did not know that a newsmonger is never respected, nor did she know that no girl whose nature was refined would care to know other people's business.
From Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore by Amy Brooks
Very likely this rumor was circulated by some malicious newsmonger, but the appointment of Peck certainly did not inspire confidence in the newly organized court.
From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Allen Johnson
As Jerome says, in a letter of his I once saw, ladies think twice in such cases before they offend the city newsmonger.
From Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley
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