newsboy

plural newsboys

1. A boy, or by extension a man, who sells and/or delivers newspapers.

   A newsboy passed by, yelling, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!"

   1 more example

   Carrados's reply was to hold out a coin to a passing newsboy and to hand the purchase to his friend who was already in the car.

   1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados

   Synonyms: paperboy

2. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of newsboy cap.

   He was wearing a gray newsboy and a tan jacket.