Newsboy

Newsboy

Newsboy may refer to:

Contents

Occupations

  • A Paperboy, an individual, often a child, employed to deliver newspapers.

Personal nicknames

  • "Newsboy", a horse-racing tipster writing in The Daily Mirror
  • Jeremy Wells, a television personality

Other uses

  • Newsvendor model, a demand forecasting model from operations research, (aka Newsboy model)
  • Newsboy cap, a kind of hat often worn by these same newspaper-vendor boys
  • Newsboy Legion, the name of a kid gang in the DC Comics Universe.

See also

  • Newsboys, a Christian pop/rock band
  • Newsies, a Disney musical based on the Newsboys strike.

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  • newsboy — news boy , n. A boy who distributes or sells newspapers. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • newsboy — (n.) also news boy, 1764, from NEWS (Cf. news) (n.) + BOY (Cf. boy) …   Etymology dictionary

  • newsboy — [no͞oz′boi΄, nyo͞oz′boi΄] n. a boy who sells or delivers newspapers …   English World dictionary

  • Newsboy Legion — Publication information Publisher DC Comics First appearance Star Spangled Comics #7 (April, 1942) Created by Joe Simon …   Wikipedia

  • Newsboy Legion — (dt.: Legion der Zeitungsjungen) ist der Titel einer Reihe von Comicgeschichten die der US amerikanische Verlag DC Comics seit 1942 veröffentlicht. Genremäßig handelt es sich bei den Newsboy Geschichten, in deren Mittelpunkt eine Gruppe pfiffiger …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Newsboy Brown — Statistics Real name David Montrose Rated at Flyweight Height 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) Nationality …   Wikipedia

  • Newsboy cap — Eight paneled caps in various colors. The newsboy cap or newsy cap is a casual wear cap similar in style to the flat cap. Sometimes also referred to as the: Baker Boy, Apple Cap, Eight Panel, Cabbie, Jay Gatsby (from The Great Gatsby), Fisherman… …   Wikipedia

  • newsboy — noun Date: 1764 one who delivers or sells newspapers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • newsboy — /noohz boy , nyoohz /, n. a person, typically a boy, who sells or delivers newspapers. [1755 65; NEWS + BOY] * * * …   Universalium

  • newsboy — noun A boy, or by extension a man, who delivers and/or sells newspapers. Syn: paperboy …   Wiktionary

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