Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bulldog edition

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: bull-dog edi-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The earliest edition of a periodical publication, especially a daily newspaper.

American usage

Example Sentences

"The Detroit Mirror, morning tabloid, which has been under the same ownership as The Chicago Tribune and The New York Daily News, suspended publication with its early bulldog edition today."
"In journalism, a "bulldog edition" is an edition of a daily newspaper printed early for transportation to distant points."
"Larry Holmes marched into view at 20 minutes before the hour of 11 a.m. . . . The guys with the cameras could snap away, and everybody would have a story for the 6 O'Clock News or the bulldog edition."
"He took us on evening walks. […] On the way home, he'd stop at the corner next to the subway stop, get the bulldog edition of the Inquirer and chat with the guy selling the papers."

Etymology

Uncertain. One popular theory is that competition mainly drove the term; publishers "fought like bulldogs" to "get out editions that would catch the mails going out of town." Another theory suggests that it comes from the nautical term dogwatch (“evening shift”), as printers had to work late in the evening to put out an early edition for the morning paper. Numerous other theories have been proposed.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

bulldog editions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pup

Questions

What does bulldog edition mean?: The earliest edition of a periodical publication, especially a daily newspaper.
Where does bulldog edition come from?: Uncertain. One popular theory is that competition mainly drove the term; publishers "fought like bulldogs" to "get out editions that would catch the mails going out of town." Another theory suggests that it comes from the nautical term dogwatch (“evening shift”), as printers had to work late in the evening to put out an early edition for the morning paper. Numerous other theories have been proposed.

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