单词 | newshound |
释义 | > as lemmasnewshound newshound n. †(a) a person searching for news (obsolete); (b) colloquial (originally U.S.) a newspaper reporter. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > reporter newshound1699 writer1717 reporter1776 scribe1822 penciller1886 tripe-hound1923 newshawk1928 pencil1976 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. xii. 11 At last comes in an old News-Hound, who in hunting after Intelligence, was at a great Loss, and enquir'd of the rest, if any stragling News had come that way. 1918 Hatchet 7 Apr. 48/2 ‘Got what all figured out,’ queried the news hound eagerly. 1997 G. Williams Diamond Geezers xxvii. 168 Once the newshounds got bored with the story he'd be transferred to some open prison. < as lemmas |
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