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[ nooz-ey-juhnt, nyooz- ] / ˈnuzˌeɪ dʒənt, ˈnyuz- /
Origin of newsagentFirst recorded in 1850–55; news + agent Words nearby newsagentNew Romney, Newry, Newry and Mourne, news, news agency, newsagent, news analyst, newsbeat, newsboard, newsboy, newsbreak Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for newsagentA newsagent further down on Nathan Road told The Daily Beast that he recognized a number of retired cops in the cavalry charge. Hong Kong’s Triads Attack Protestors|Ben Leung|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST As an adult she was a “newsagent reader,” leafing through copies at newsstands before buying the more refined Sunday Telegraph. Brits Bid ‘World’ Goodbye|Sam Bungey|July 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST He then settled in Nottingham, and commenced business as a printer, bookseller, and newsagent. The Pictorial Press|Mason Jackson Farley, our newsagent and tobacconist, held me when I went in for an ounce of the usual mild. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920|Various
The newsagent's clerk, when arranging his wares that morning, had had what he felt to be an unusually bright idea. Jane Oglander|Marie Belloc Lowndes So, with just a little grain of hope, they retraced their steps to the post office, which was also a stationer's and newsagent's. A Popular Schoolgirl|Angela Brazil I told a horrid fib and said the newsagent had forgotten to leave it.' The Explorer|W. Somerset Maugham
British Dictionary definitions for newsagentnewsagentUS newsdealer (ˈnjuːzˌdiːlə)
nouna shopkeeper who sells newspapers, stationery, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |