Definitions for newsboy

newsboy news·boy

Spelling: [nooz-boi, nyooz-]
IPA: /ˈnuzˌbɔɪ, ˈnyuz-/

Newsboy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in newsboy (benoswy).

Definitions for newsboy

noun

  1. a person, typically a boy, who sells or delivers newspapers.

Origin of newsboy

First recorded in 1755-65; news + boy

Examples for newsboy

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

On the way, I intrusted a newsboy with an English shilling to go and get me change.

The shrill jeer of a newsboy broke in upon his pathetic speech.

"I guess I've got Nat to thank for the job," said the newsboy.

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

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

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

A newsboy going down Whitehall was calling an evening paper.

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

Then, as he hastened toward a telephone-booth, he ran into a newsboy.

Word Value for newsboy
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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