newsmonger
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of newsmonger
Example Sentences
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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
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
"As a newsmonger, you say, do you, that minutes are valuable?"
From All-Wool Morrison by Day, Holman
I never wish myself an unversed writer and newsmonger but when I write to you.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John
"I knew he would show them to every newsmonger about the clubs," said Phineas angrily.
From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony
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