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newsdealer

American  
[nooz-dee-ler, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌdi lər, ˈnyuz- /

noun

  1. a person who sells newspapers and periodicals.


Etymology

Origin of newsdealer

First recorded in 1860–65; news + dealer

Example Sentences

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Selis Manor, a 205-unit apartment building at 135 W. 23rd Street, was built by Irving M. Selis, a blind newsdealer, and opened in 1980.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2016

In London Brother Henry sought out one Curtice, a large newsdealer, convinced him that he could reap profits from the back numbers of publications which were left on his hands every day.

From Time Magazine Archive

A disgruntled newsdealer, two strangers and a posse made their way to a farmhouse near Newton, N. J. one evening last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

A Philadelphia reporter, struggling to find the metropolitan newsdealer peering from his booth window, framed by magazines and newspapers, called Kiosk a "what-is-it."

From Time Magazine Archive

The newsdealer was looking the other way as he made change so Lamb plucked back his nickel.

From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various