Definition of "newsies" []

• Plural form of newsy. (noun)
• Plural form of newsie. (noun)

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• "In the lingo of newsies, my Times copy desk colleagues inform me, it means “overkill.”"
• "At the time of the project murders, some of the newsies were my buddies."
• "DePaul University Professor Peter Baldwin has written of the battle by "reformers" from 1850 to 1930 to discourage the use of kids as "newsies" - those young entrepreneurs who ran around town selling newspapers."