Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

news butcher

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables: news butch-er
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who worked on railroads selling newspapers, candy and cigars to the passengers.

American usage

Example Sentences

"It was a guy named Bishop and she'd met him on the trip up. The news butcher introduced them, I guess."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

news butchers (plural)

Questions

What does news butcher mean?: A person who worked on railroads selling newspapers, candy and cigars to the passengers.

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