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newsvendor

[ nooz-ven-der, nyooz- ]

/ ˈnuzˌvɛn dər, ˈnyuz- /

noun Chiefly British.

a person who sells newspapers or periodicals.

Words nearby newsvendor

newsprint, newsreader, newsreel, newsroom, newsstand, newsvendor, newsweekly, newswire, newswoman, newsworthy, newswriting

Origin of newsvendor

First recorded in 1825–35; news + vendor

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for newsvendor

The newsvendor's stall and the doctor's office within hail of each other!
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies|James McNeill Whistler
Before getting into the train, I observed a newsvendor on the platform.
From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows|Victor Meignan
I scrambled over a pile of baggage and came within arm's length of the newsvendor.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons|Henry Charles Mahoney
He next collected the pieces of the racing-paper and showed them to a newsvendor, who easily recognized the Turf Illustr.
The Confessions of Arsne Lupin|Maurice Leblanc

Her eye had unconsciously been arrested by the posters which the newsvendor was deftly glueing down on the pavement.
A Bed of Roses|W. L. George

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