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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

Newsdealers are no longer permitted to return unsold papers and it is often practically impossible to buy a morning paper unless one has a standing order with a newsdealer.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1907 Moses Annenberg went to Milwaukee to distribute all the Chicago newspapers then in existence, branched out as a newsdealer all over the U. S. In 1917 he became publisher of the Wisconsin News.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until a newsdealer won a court suit several years ago, papers could not be delivered on Sunday.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am sorry I can't get a subscription just yet, but I am "bound" to my newsdealer a little while yet, as I immediately gave him a monthly order for Astounding Stories.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various