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▪ I. newspaper, n.|ˈnjuːzpeɪpə(r)|
[f. news n. Cf. Du. nieuwspapier.]
1. a. A printed, now usually daily or weekly, publication containing the news, commonly with the addition of advertisements and other matters of interest.
1670in Westm. Gaz. (1900) 12 Sept. 2/3, I wanted ye newes paper for Monday last past. 1688in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. IV. 130 Any foreign or domestic Newspapers besides the printed Gazette. 1730Berkeley Lett. Wks. 1871 IV. 185 The newspapers of last February mentioned Dr. Clayton's being made bishop. 1789Bath Jrnl. 27 July Advt., The Act inflicts a penalty of Ten Pounds on persons letting out News-papers to read for hire. 1833H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. i. 14 To throw down among the crowd the newspaper containing the advertisements. 1864Bowen Logic x. 346 The ordinary dialect of the market, the parlor, and the newspaper.
b. attrib. and Comb., as newspaper account, newspaper advertisement, newspaper advertising, newspaper agent, newspaper article, newspaper boy, newspaper carrier, newspaper chase, newspaper clipping, newspaper column, newspaper controversy, newspaper correspondence, newspaper corresponding, newspaper correspondent, newspaper critic, newspaper cutting, newspaper directory, newspaper editor, newspaper hack, newspaper kiosk, newspaper letter, newspaper man, newspaper office, newspaper owner, newspaper paragraph, newspaper postage, newspaper press, newspaper printing, newspaper proprietor, newspaper reader, newspaper reporter, newspaper round, newspaper seller, newspaper selling, newspaper stand, newspaper syndicate, newspaper woman, newspaper wrapper.
1851D. B. Woods Sixteen Months at Gold Diggings 199 Divesting the *newspaper accounts from California of certain expressions bordering rather too much upon the hyperbolic order, they amount to the fact that the outcrops of certain veins [of goldbearing quartz] have been removed.
1936Discovery Dec. 384/2 It was not until February, 1626, that the first *newspaper advertisement appeared.
Ibid., The next step was *newspaper advertising.
1874‘G. Hamilton’ Twelve Miles ii. 30 The religious *newspaper-agents bore into your house like worms of the dust.
1832J. S. Mill in Tait's Edin. Mag. II. 343 Books are run through with no less rapidity, and scarcely leave a more durable impression than a *newspaper article. 1858Missouri Democrat 23 Oct. 2/2, I have not seen the letter, and but very few of the newspaper articles on the subject. 1972D. Wainwright Journalism made Simple iv. 109 A magazine article needs an attractive and if possible startling opening sentence, like a good newspaper article.
1848Dickens Dombey iv, The *newspaper boy in the oil⁓skin cap. 1920M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism II. iv. xiii. 249 He played the part of a newspaper-boy. 1974P. Lovesey Invitation to Dynamite Party iii. 32 Newspaper-boys..bawled their wares.
1851C. Cist Sk. Cincinnati in 1851 50 Occupations... Newspaper publishers, 9; *Newspaper carriers, 23. 1926Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 9 Jan. 14/3 With the neck broken and a deep gash in the head, the body of William Merchant, fourteen-year-old newspaper carrier, was found last night.
1888Jacobi Printers' Vocab., *Newspaper chases, specially made chases to allow of the pages being laid closely together on the machine.
1906W. Churchill Coniston ii. xi. 374 She had brought a note from her father... Two *newspaper clippings fell out of it. 1958C. Watson Coffin scarcely Used iv. 33, I am here now instead of concocting a mysterious message from newspaper clippings. 1974J. Banning How I fooled World iv. 23 Rosemary was putting teleprinter and newspaper clippings into the filing cabinet.
1843M. Fuller Summer on Lakes (1844) vi. 185 Has ever Art found..a richer theme..sketched carelessly in the *newspaper column of to-day?
1860W. G. Clark Vac. Tour 65 The *newspaper controversies and the theatre⁓riots of Naples.
1868‘Mark Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 14, I have cut my *newspaper correspondence down a good deal.
1868Holme Lee B. Godfrey xxvi, [He] had vagabondised..over Europe as a *newspaper correspondent.
1868‘Mark Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 15 If you can stand an advance, I wish you would, and relieve me of this *newspaper corresponding until July.
1859B. Bodichon Let. 28 June in Geo. Eliot Lett. (1954) III. 103 The book could not have succeeded if it had been known as hers; every *newspaper critic would have written against it (!!!).
1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 436D Albums for *Newspaper Cuttings.
1886‘Mark Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 206 Please take a glance..at your *Newspaper Directory and tell me the aggregate number of dailies in the U.S., big cities and all.
1785Daily Universal Register 1 Jan. 4/1 A *Newspaper Editor..should rest himself on truth and facts. 1837H. Martineau Society in America I. i. iii. 151 The majority of newspaper editors made themselves parties to the act, by refusing, from fear, to reprobate it. 1972C. Wintour Pressures on Press i. 6 It is essential for newspaper editors to be concerned with accuracy.
1821Shelley Hellas Pref., The display of *news⁓paper erudition to which I have been reduced.
1885*Newspaper-hack [see cipherer 2]. 1894E. L. Shuman Steps into Journalism 65 One of the most prolific newspaper hacks in Chicago once remarked that he did not consider a man..a reporter unless he could make good reading out of anything.
1792W. Roberts Looker-on No. 28 (1794) 397 Such like inanities of *news-paper history.
1791Burke App. Whigs Wks. VI. 74 *Newspaper intelligence ought always to be received with some degree of caution.
1975N. Luard Robespierre Serial xvii. 151 Carswell..stopped at a *newspaper kiosk.
1868‘Mark Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 15 In order to give to the book the amount of attention it really requires I shall have to cut loose from everything but one, and sometimes two, *newspaper letters a week.
1806T. S. Surr Winter in Lond. II. 70 The *newspaper-man was of course gratified. 1883F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs vi. 105 A Yankee newspaper man. 1954G. Kersh in D. Knight 100 Yrs. Sci. Fiction (1969) iv. 217 I'm a war correspondent, and newspaperman, so I have the right to ask impertinent questions. 1966Listener 21 July 79/1 For newspapermen throughout the world Washington has always been the Mecca of journalism. 1972J. Mosedale Football v. 71 Newspapermen..confessed they could not look on him objectively.
1834J. S. Mill in Monthly Repos. VIII. 173 The priest of the nineteenth century..sets up his pulpit in a *newspaper office. 1915R. Fry Let. 27 Aug. (1972) II. 390 Those who encounter the enemy in the newspaper offices are the most bloodthirsty. 1966Harris & Spark Pract. Newspaper Reporting iii. 34 Different newspaper offices mean different things when they refer to ‘district reporting’. 1975A. Fraser Whistler's Lane x. 159 I'll take the bus into Clitheroe..that's where the nearest newspaper office is. I want to look up the files.
1959Chambers's Encycl. IX. 845/2 The fears of journalists in Britain that similar systems of chain newspapers, all propagating the views of one *newspaper owner, might have ill effects both on the journalistic profession and on the newspapers. 1961A. Clarke Later Poems 92 The leader of the Dublin capitalists was William Martin Murphy, a newspaper owner and ruthless clericalist.
1798Deb. Congress U.S. 5 July (1851) 2107 The gentleman from Connecticut..had communicated to the House..a number of *newspaper paragraphs. 1800Asiatic Ann. Reg. ii. 146/1 The suspicions..were nothing but idle rumours and newspaper paragraphs.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 170, I should think, to use the *newspaper phrase, the thing merited confirmation.
1812Niles' Reg. I. 361/1, I..admit your publication to be a newspaper and to be rated at *Newspaper Postage.
1829J. S. Mill Let. 7 Nov. in Wks. (1963) XII. 38 You know in how low a state the *newspaper press of this country is. 1837H. Martineau Society in America I. i. iii. 75 Of all newspaper presses, I never heard any one deny that the American is the worst. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 194/1 The two principal persons..concerned in the newspaper press. 1959Chambers's Encycl. IX. 843/1 In America only the periodical press is national and therefore has priority for advertising purposes over the newspaper press.
1824J. Johnson Typographia II. 651 (heading) *Newspaper printing offices. 1847H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio 241 Kenton..now contains..1 newspaper printing office. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XV. 243/1 The practice resulted in considerable overmanning in newspaper printing departments.
1885List of Subscribers, Brighton (S. of Eng. Telephone Co.) 14 Printers and *Newspaper Proprietors. 1933J. Buchan Prince of Captivity i. iv. 114 Falconet was..a newspaper proprietor on a large scale. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XV. 243/2 Many of Scripps' methods were adopted by his rivals and by newspaper proprietors in other countries.
1935Discovery Aug. 244/1 To the average *newspaper-reader, Mongol is but a generic term. 1959Chambers's Encycl. IX. 842/2 The steadily growing body of potential newspaper readers which increased educational facilities had brought into being.
1834Tait's Mag. I. 735/1 To the uttermost ends of the *newspaper-reading earth.
1813Theatrical Inquisitor II. 213 Newspaper critics and *reporters..have had a prodigious addition to their necessary employments. 1910‘O. Henry’ Strictly Business 87 The newspaper reporters dug out of their trunks the old broad-brimmed hats and leather belts. 1963L. E. & B. Ryan So you want to go into Journalism i. 27 Newspaper reporters make modest salaries.
1948C. Day Lewis Otterbury Incident iv. 48, I was a bit late, the *newspaper-round taking longer than I expected. 1973J. Wayne Brown Bread & Butter x. 183 Was she eating breakfast, wasn't the newspaper round too much?
1927C. Parsons in Oxford Poetry 24 Beneath me in the windy stir *Newspaper-sellers advertise The death of a philosopher By unintelligible cries. 1974Country Life 28 Nov. 1656/3, I had a word..with a newspaper seller outside the building.
1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) 58 The little midget *newspaper-selling woman.
1857W. Collins Dead Secret iii. i, The *newspaper⁓slip..contained the paragraph from the Times.
1893W. K. Post Harvard Stories 31 At a *news-paper stand he bought all the picture papers.
1889W. D. Howells Hazard of New Fortunes II. 120, I told 'em I hadn't much practice with Go-devils in the *newspaper syndicate business. 1891‘Mark Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 275 McCluny..the manager of the newspaper syndicate.
1885Times (weekly ed.) 22 May 7/2 Left King's Cross at 5 o'clock in the morning by the *newspaper train.
1849Sir F. B. Head Stokers & Pokers iii. (1851) 41 The *newspaper⁓vendors..are indolently reclining at their stalls.
1881H. James Portr. Lady xxxviii, He really must object to that *newspaper woman. 1925F. Scott Fitzgerald Great Gatsby vi. 120 Ella Kaye, the newspaper woman. 1954D. Dodge Lights of Skaro ii. 55 She was a very good newspaperwoman, and not too scrupulous. 1971B. Graham Spy Trap i. 13 Christ! A bloody newspaper woman! He told her everything!
1873Brit. Postal Guide 1 Jan. 21 Every Head Postmaster is required to keep, for sale to the public..*newspaper wrappers bearing an impressed halfpenny stamp, and Post Cards. 1926–7Army & Navy Stores Catal. 363/2 Newspaper wrappers. Size 121/8 × 43/8 in., plain, gummed.
1813Creevey in Examiner 24 May 336/1 Prohibited to *newspaper-writers.
c. newspaper English, the style of English used in newspapers; journalese; newspaper stamp, a stamp tax imposed on newspapers between 1711 and 1855.
1888Harper's Mag. May 962/2 The phrase ‘newspaper English’ has come to have a significance which is not flattering to newspapers. 1942P. G. Perrin Writer's Guide & Index 606 Good newspaper English is simply informal English applied to the daily recording of affairs. It is a style written to be read rapidly and by the eye—tricks of sound outside the headlines are out of place. 1947Partridge Usage & Abusage 38/2 Betrothal [for ‘engagement’] and betrothed are current in American newspaper-English.
1835J. S. Mill in London Rev. I. 513 It was understood..that the ministry intended to take off the newspaper stamps. 1956J. E. Gerald British Press under Govt. Econ. Controls i. 5 The newspaper stamp duty..was allowed to lapse in 1855.
2. Underworld slang. (See quots.)
1926Maines & Grant Wise-Crack Dict. 11/2 Newspaper, crook's term for thirty days in jail. 1931G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 134 Newspaper, a thirty days' gaol sentence. 1949Partridge Dict. Underworld 467/2 Newspaper, a thirty-days jail sentence... The time it takes an illiterate to read one.
Hence (chiefly nonce-words) newspapeˈracious a., of the kind usual in newspapers. ˈnewspaperdom, the world or sphere of newspapers. ˈnewspapered ppl. a., brought by, provided with, a newspaper. newspapeˈrese, the language or style usual in newspapers. newspaˈperial a., of or belonging to newspapers. newspaˈperically adv., in the newspapers. ˈnewspapering, journalism. ˈnewspaperish a., somewhat in newspaper style. ˈnewspaperishly adv., in a newspaper manner. ˈnewspaperism, the characteristic features or style of newspapers; a newspaper phrase or expression. ˈnewspaperist (see quot.). ˈnewspaperized ppl. a., adapted to, affected by, the usual style of newspapers. ˈnewspaperling, a small newspaper. ˈnewspaperly adv., as regards the newspapers. ˈnewspapery a., in newspaper style; given to reading newspapers. newspaˈporial (U.S.) n., an item from a newspaper; adj., of or belonging to newspapers; newspaˈporialist, a newspaper writer.
1843Fraser's Mag. XXVII. 76 Critiques, both epistolary and *newspaperacious.
1882Daily News 7 Oct. 5/7 Ludgate is in the heart of *Newspaperdom. 1933Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Mar. 223/4 Shooting the Bull..is a tongue-in-the-cheek march through newspaperdom. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 9 May 12/3 [A] new era of independent journalism in country newspaperdom.
1703De Foe Trueborn Eng. Pref. (ed. 2) 4 The Publisher of this has been *News-papered into Goal already for it. 1855Dickens in Househ. Words 29 Sept. 193/1 Every house was shut up and newspapered. 1926W. W. Bishop Backs of Books 229 We are the most newspapered and magazined nation on earth, I suppose. 1973E. Williams Emlyn i. 7, I saw my two brothers sitting at the table neatly newspapered to save the cloth.
1889Sat. Rev. 30 Nov. 612/2 His picture..may have something of ‘*newspaperese’ about it.
1868Lond. Rev. 12 Dec. 638/1 Sensationalism..is, in the main, a ‘*newspaperial’ product, as the name itself is newspaperial.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 475 The vast Pacific Ocean, commonly, yea vulgarly, not to say *news-paperically,..called..the South-sea.
1862Thackeray Philip vii I've tried schoolmastering, bear-leading, *newspapering. 1911E. Ferber Dawn O'Hara iii. 29, I would fall to thinking of those years of newspapering—of the thrills of them, and the ills of them. 1968L. J. Braun Cat who turned on & Off (1969) i. 11 Interviewing artists, interior decorators and Japanese flower arrangers was not Qwilleran's idea of newspapering. 1971Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 26 Sept. 2/1, I care because newspapering is my business—make that my life, not business.
1825M. Wilmot Let. 26 Sept. (1935) 225 And so ends my story, which is a stupid *newspaperish sort of thing, tho' it was exceedingly interesting and amusing and pretty to look at at the time. 1892Academy 10 Feb. 120/1 Some of these essays are a little too newspaperish. 1929A. Noyes Return of Scare-Crow iv. 54, I know that it's all very noble and distinguished and broad-minded and generally newspaperish.
1858R. Christison Let. in Life (1886) II. iii. 22 Though not inclined to retort *newspaperishly, I would [etc.].
1838Fraser's Mag. XVII. 315 They have upon them the undeniable sin of *newspaperism. 1900Edin. Rev. Jan. 77 Colloquialisms, Americanisms, or what may be called newspaperisms.
1830Fraser's Mag. I. 721 You make no mistake in calling a man a *newspaperist who talks much about newspapers.
1831Ibid. III. 605 To give a *newspaperized report of the proceedings. 1890Harper's Mag. Apr. 807/2 The ordinary more or less newspaperized English of our day.
a1842Maginn in A. A. Watts Life Watts (1884) II. 175 Head nurse of a hospital of rickety *newspaperlings.
1816Polidori Let. in Smiles Mem. J. Murray (1891) I. xv. 364 Some pleasant accidents..is all we have to keep us *news⁓paperly alive.
1864Realm 6 Apr. 8 Desiring to be in tone and language..as little *newspapery as a newspaper may be. 1890Catholic Househ. 11 Jan. 9 The modern Londoner is..newspapery.
1787Mass. Centinel 18 July 4/1 English *Newspaporials. 1794Columbian Centinel (Boston) 14 May 2/4 Newspaporial rule of three. 1853in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus (Ohio) (1892) I. 474 In this day of newspaporial dearth, anything above the mud level will create a sensation.
1871Vermont. Hist. Gazetteer II. 721/1 One of the Editors of the ‘New York World’—the popular *newspaporialist.
▪ II. newspaper, v. U.S. rare.|ˈnjuːzpeɪpə(r)|
[f. the n.]
To work on a newspaper, to do newspaper work. Cf. newspapering vbl. n.
1943Time 8 Mar. 64 He had newspapered in Hawaii. 1959Time (Atlantic ed.) 6 July 11 Who newspapered in Chicago. |