newsboyn.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːzbɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)uzˌbɔɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: news n., boy n.¹

Etymology: < news n. + boy n.¹

A boy who sells newspapers in the streets; (also) a newspaper delivery boy.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of books, newspapers, or pamphlets

bookmonger1275

stationer1311

bookseller?c1475

bibliopolist1541

book merchant1653

newsboy1728

book hawker1737

bibliopole1775

newsman1775

news-vender1796

newsagent1811

news-vendor1823

newspaper vendor1830

newspaper seller1837

newspaper boy1843

newsgirl1859

newsie1875

paperboy1876

1728 J. Smedley Brit. Jrnl. in Gulliveriana 22 A writer held in great Renown By all the News-Boys of the Town. Who ne'er (as I imagine) rose Above the vulgar Turn of Prose.

1743 Yearly Verses Printer's Lads (broadside, Philadelphia) 1 May all our home Contentions cease, And be this Year a Year of Peace; So prays your News-boys.

1764 in O. E. Winslow Amer. Broadside Verse (1930) 205 The news-boy's christmas and new-year's verses.

1860 W. M. Thackeray Late Great Victories in Roundabout Papers (1876) 34 A news-boy had stopped in his walk, and was reading aloud the journal which it was his duty to deliver.

1879 E. K. Bates Egyptian Bonds II. viii. 188 The news-boys are plying their morning trade with harsh, piercing shrieks.

1939 T. S. Eliot Family Reunion i. i. 43 The hidden shall be exposed and the newsboy shall shout in the street.

1977 E. Heath Travels iii. 56 The news-boys were shouting vociferously and we hurried to buy a paper.

2000 Somerset Standard & Guardian (Electronic ed.) 14 Dec. A newsboy from Williams' Newsagent's..had his bike stolen... The 14-year-old..had to make his rounds on foot.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	newsboy
释义	newsboyn. Brit. /ˈnjuːzbɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uzˌbɔɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: news n., boy n.¹ Etymology: < news n. + boy n.¹ A boy who sells newspapers in the streets; (also) a newspaper delivery boy. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of books, newspapers, or pamphlets bookmonger1275 stationer1311 bookseller?c1475 bibliopolist1541 book merchant1653 newsboy1728 book hawker1737 bibliopole1775 newsman1775 news-vender1796 newsagent1811 news-vendor1823 newspaper vendor1830 newspaper seller1837 newspaper boy1843 newsgirl1859 newsie1875 paperboy1876 1728 J. Smedley Brit. Jrnl. in Gulliveriana 22 A writer held in great Renown By all the News-Boys of the Town. Who ne'er (as I imagine) rose Above the vulgar Turn of Prose. 1743 Yearly Verses Printer's Lads (broadside, Philadelphia) 1 May all our home Contentions cease, And be this Year a Year of Peace; So prays your News-boys. 1764 in O. E. Winslow Amer. Broadside Verse (1930) 205 The news-boy's christmas and new-year's verses. 1860 W. M. Thackeray Late Great Victories in Roundabout Papers (1876) 34 A news-boy had stopped in his walk, and was reading aloud the journal which it was his duty to deliver. 1879 E. K. Bates Egyptian Bonds II. viii. 188 The news-boys are plying their morning trade with harsh, piercing shrieks. 1939 T. S. Eliot Family Reunion i. i. 43 The hidden shall be exposed and the newsboy shall shout in the street. 1977 E. Heath Travels iii. 56 The news-boys were shouting vociferously and we hurried to buy a paper. 2000 Somerset Standard & Guardian (Electronic ed.) 14 Dec. A newsboy from Williams' Newsagent's..had his bike stolen... The 14-year-old..had to make his rounds on foot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1728
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