newsvendor

[ nooz-ven-der, nyooz- ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a person who sells newspapers or periodicals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of newsvendor¹

First recorded in 1825–35; news + vendor

Example Sentences

Before getting into the train, I observed a newsvendor on the platform.

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Her eye had unconsciously been arrested by the posters which the newsvendor was deftly glueing down on the pavement.

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The newsvendor, grizzled and sunburnt right into the wrinkles, picked up the sheet and looked at her wonderingly.

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Sir John bustled on, anxious to anticipate in other quarters the coming newsvendor, and Sir Robert turned to his lieutenant.

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The newsvendor's stall and the doctor's office within hail of each other!

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