Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A girl who sells or delivers newspapers.

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  • noun A girl who delivers newspapers.

Etymologies

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news +‎ girl

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Examples

  • When this facility opens next year, as part of our overall renovation, visitors of all ages will see history as it was experienced by children like that boy on the orphan train, or that newsgirl on the street.

    Louise Mirrer: How the Past Changes When It's Seen Through a Child's Eyes Louise Mirrer 2010

  • When this facility opens next year, as part of our overall renovation, visitors of all ages will see history as it was experienced by children like that boy on the orphan train, or that newsgirl on the street.

    Louise Mirrer: How the Past Changes When It's Seen Through a Child's Eyes Louise Mirrer 2010

  • Or think about a newsgirl in the late 19th or early 20th century, struggling to make a living on the city streets and caught up in the movement to institute child labor regulations.

    Louise Mirrer: How the Past Changes When It's Seen Through a Child's Eyes Louise Mirrer 2010

  • Air America had taken a chance on her her prior broadcast experience was as a part-time “newsgirl” at a local radio station in western Massachusetts when it launched in 2004.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Air America had taken a chance on her her prior broadcast experience was as a part-time “newsgirl” at a local radio station in western Massachusetts when it launched in 2004.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Air America had taken a chance on her her prior broadcast experience was as a part-time “newsgirl” at a local radio station in western Massachusetts when it launched in 2004.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Or think about a newsgirl in the late 19th or early 20th century, struggling to make a living on the city streets and caught up in the movement to institute child labor regulations.

    Louise Mirrer: How the Past Changes When It's Seen Through a Child's Eyes Louise Mirrer 2010

  • Air America had taken a chance on her her prior broadcast experience was as a part-time “newsgirl” at a local radio station in western Massachusetts when it launched in 2004.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Thank you, Scott Brown, for setting that uppity newsgirl straight, and keeping women in their place.

    The Couric countdown continueth | EW.com 2006

  • There is a newsgirl who minds a stand here at the corner of Rose and

    Walking-Stick Papers Robert Cortes Holliday

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