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Definition of Newsie
1. newsy [n -S] - See also: newsy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Newsie
Literary usage of Newsie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Salesmanship and Business Efficiency by James Samuel Knox (1922)
"Then, when the older newsie is about to tell where the shipwreck or the uprising
may be read, the other drowns out the word with the name of his own paper. ..."
2. The Science and Art of Selling by James Samuel Knox (1921)
"Then, when the older newsie is about to tell where the shipwreck or the uprising
may be ... "Times, paper," cries the young newsie and makes another sale. ..."
3. A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)
"MICHAEL O'HALLORAN "Micky "is a newsie, small in size but with a big broad common
sense philosophy, and a ready Irish wit. SONG OP THE CARDINAL The love ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"To NEWSE, vn To talk over the newt, Aberd. newsie, adj. Fond of hearing or
rehearsing news, ¡bid. ..."
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