newsagent

[ nooz-ey-juh nt, nyooz- ]

/ ˈnuzˌeɪ dʒənt, ˈnyuz- /

Origin of newsagent

First recorded in 1850–55; news + agent

A newsagent further down on Nathan Road told The Daily Beast that he recognized a number of retired cops in the cavalry charge.

Hong Kong’s Triads Attack Protestors |Ben Leung |October 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As an adult she was a “newsagent reader,” leafing through copies at newsstands before buying the more refined Sunday Telegraph.

Brits Bid ‘World’ Goodbye |Sam Bungey |July 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
He then settled in Nottingham, and commenced business as a printer, bookseller, and newsagent.

The Pictorial Press |Mason Jackson
Farley, our newsagent and tobacconist, held me when I went in for an ounce of the usual mild.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920 |Various

The newsagent's clerk, when arranging his wares that morning, had had what he felt to be an unusually bright idea.

Jane Oglander |Marie Belloc Lowndes
So, with just a little grain of hope, they retraced their steps to the post office, which was also a stationer's and newsagent's.

A Popular Schoolgirl |Angela Brazil
I told a horrid fib and said the newsagent had forgotten to leave it.'

The Explorer |W. Somerset Maugham

newsagent

/ (ˈnjuːzˌeɪdʒənt) /

a shopkeeper who sells newspapers, stationery, etc