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nounnewsie (plural newsies)
plural newsies
- alternativeAlternative form of newsy.
Sure, being a newsie is a grind, the hours are not great and the public holds us in lower esteem than the women who work the poles at Satin Dolls down the road from the Tick Tock in Lodi, but it beats working by a mile.
2009 September 14, David Carr, “After Safe Exit, a Journalist Returns”, in New York Times
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APA
newsie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsie
MLA
“newsie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsie. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newsie,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsie.
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