Newsagent
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.
"The papers are freely available in Sydney bookshops and newsagents."
- 2 someone who sells newspapers wordnet
- 3 The proprietor of such a business.
"However, Anyon Kay remembers a Mr Walton Ainsworth, of Beech House, Rivington, who owned mills in Bolton, being a regular user before the First World War. He used to drive by horse and trap from his mansion to catch the 0906 train to Bolton each day. Before arriving at the station, local newsagent Tom Dutton would hand Mr Ainsworth his morning paper!"
Example
More examples"Many villages will usually have a newsagent that remains open during Christmas Day for at least a few hours."
Etymology
From news + agent.
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