news butcher en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US, historical) A person who worked on railroads selling newspapers, candy and cigars to the passengers.
It was a guy named Bishop and she'd met him on the trip up. The news butcher introduced them, I guess.
1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| news butchers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |