newsmonger
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of newsmonger
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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 Holman Day
Every man seemz tew hav hiz price, except the newsmonger, they prefer to work for nothing, and board themselfs.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
"I knew he would show them to every newsmonger about the clubs," said Phineas angrily.
From Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
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