Definition of a newsie

newsie

noun

• a paper boy.

  Last edited on May 28 2014. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

• nosy. From Philadelphia in the 1960s.

  My mom kept askin' me all these questions. She is so damn newsie.

  This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.

  Last edited on May 28 2014. Submitted by Anonymous on May 28 2014.

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