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newsboy

/nooz-boi, nyooz-/US // ˈnuzˌbɔɪ, ˈnyuz- //UK // (ˈnjuːzˌbɔɪ) //

报童,新闻男孩,新闻记者,报刊杂志社

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person, typically a boy, who sells or delivers newspapers.

Examples

  • Giulavogui cried, 55 years old and less than a decade in America, but sounding like a Gotham newsboy from another era.

  • A newsboy boarded the train and passed hurriedly through the cars with the morning papers.

  • Off darted the newsboy, to be lost in the crowd on the other side of the street.

  • And our hero shook hands, which made the newsboy grin all over.

  • "I guess you wasn't cut out for a newsboy," said Dick, frankly.

  • "I'm going to have a job in the store next month," said the newsboy one day.