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Newsboy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A boy who sells or delivers newspapers.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A boy, or by extension a man, who delivers and/or sells newspapers.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A boy who distributes or sells newspapers.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A boy who hawks newspapers on the streets or delivers them at houses.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a boy who delivers newspapers

Word Usage

"Even the newsboy, inured to the short words of an unfriendly world, and usually quite indifferent thereto, was impressed by the asperity of the suggestion and moved somewhat hastily on."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

deliverer delivery boy deliveryman

Cross Reference

newsgirl

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

paperboy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

bellboy lounger estray muezzin pushcart