news butcher

noun

A person who worked on railroads selling newspapers, candy and cigars to the passengers.

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Meanings

nounnews butcher (plural news butchers)

plural news butchers

  1. UShistoricalA 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
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APA

news butcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news%20butcher

MLA

“news butcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news%20butcher. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “news butcher,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news%20butcher.

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