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news butchers

news butchers is the plural of news butcher.

Meaning of news butcher

Noun

news butcher (plural news butchers)

  1. (US, historical) 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

Questions about news butchers

What is news butchers the plural of?
News butchers is the plural of news butcher.

Words near news butchers in the dictionary

  1. news agencies
  2. news agency
  3. news anchor
  4. news anchors
  5. news butcher
  6. news butchers
  7. news channel
  8. news channels
  9. news conference
  10. news conferences
  11. news correspondent

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