press-agentv.
/ˈprɛsˌeɪdʒ(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈprɛsˌeɪdʒ(ə)nt/ Originally U.S.
transitive. To promote by means or in the manner of a press agent; to act as a press agent for.
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [verb (transitive)] > advertise by press-agents
press-agent1901
1901 Davenport (Iowa) Republican 23 Apr. 4/2 It looks as if he is losing his faculty for press agenting himself.
1920 W. T. Tilden Art of Lawn Tennis 3 I shall be accused of ‘press-agenting’ my own book by this statement.
1951 Nevada State Jrnl. 22 Nov. 4/3 Three press agents phoned them..asked for the job of press-agenting the play.
1995 Opera News (Nexis) Nov. 20 I've press-agented lion tamers, high-wire walkers, ventriloquists, pantomimics, mummers, acrobats, jugglers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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