bulldog edition

noun

1. the earliest daily edition of a newspaper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bulldog edition¹

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

Example Sentences

Beginning in 1978 he hosted “The Daily News Bulldog Edition,” an evening radio program that was broadcast on several consecutive New York stations until 1995.

From New York Times

On his way home, he’d stop at the newsstand on the corner of Broad and Hunting Park and get the bulldog edition of the Inquirer, then sit reading it under the mantelpiece in the living room.

From MSNBC

The company, which is also involved with the much-praised Bulldog Edition coffee shop at the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch, was founded in 2008.

From The Guardian

If possible, he hoped, he would be able to get in a few words about the big feature story on the front page of the bulldog edition of El Imparcial.

From Project Gutenberg

When a newspaper forages through its news calendar, seizes whatever news it can find or rehash, throws an edition into print and out upon the streets ahead of competitors, that edition is a "bulldog" edition.

From Time Magazine Archive