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Definition of Gutter press
1. Noun. Press that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures).
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Gutter press
1. Noun. (British pejorative) Derogative term for the sensationalist tabloid newspapers in general. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gutter Press
Literary usage of Gutter press
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Forester (1905)
"But there is a gutter press which sticks at nothing, except honesty. Being the
French type of gutter pres*, its standing dish is the inherent villainy of ..."
2. Our Eastern Question: America's Contact with the Orient and the Trend of by Thomas Franklin Millard (1916)
"Attacks on Great Britain written for a gutter press by gutter scribes for gutter
readers could, we admit, be regarded as of comparatively little consequence ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1898)
"If he possessed no better advocates than the seedy gentlemen of the gutter press,
his schemes would very often miscarry. The journals he sets out to catch ..."
4. Free Opinions, Freely Expressed on Certain Phases of Modern Social Life and by MARIE. CORELLI (1905)
"... and though a " gutter press " exists in Great Britain, as in America, a great
portion of the public are now educated enough to recognize its type and to ..."
5. The Roofing, Cornice and Skylight Manual: Practical Articles on Laying Flat (1901)
"... lock it well into the lock D of the gutter, press it down well at the corner
to the roof, and turn over the edge of the cleat, as at l\ This holds the ..."
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