news butcher
news butcher noun: a person who worked on railroads selling newspapers, candy and cigars to the passengers.
Noun
news butcher (plural news butchers)
- A person who worked on railroads selling newspapers, candy and cigars to the passengers.
- It was a guy named Bishop and she'd met him on the trip up. The news butcher introduced them, I guess.1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post
Forms of news butcher
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Questions about news butcher
- What does news butcher mean?
- News butcher means a person who worked on railroads selling newspapers, candy and cigars to the passengers.
- What part of speech is news butcher?
- News butcher is a noun.
- What is the plural of news butcher?
- The plural of news butcher is news butchers.
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