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Palinkasocsi Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

What does it mean?

Dear Friends,

I have two vocabulary-related questions:

1. In Walt Disney's biography I have read that he was a : "News Butcher". What does a news butcher do?
2. In Hungarian, there is a mocking word for broken-toothed, used especially by children to ridicule their peers (especially when the front teeth are broken or missing). Do you have it in English, too?

Thanks a lot!

P.
  

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Palinkasocsi 1. In Walt Disney's biography I have read that he was a : "News Butcher". What does a news butcher do?

— RayH

  • Palinkasocsi 1.
  • In Walt Disney's biography I have read that he was a : "News Butcher".
  • What does a news butcher do?
  • This is an expression I have never heard.
  • cfm/disneylands_trains_on_postcards I have no idea what its origin might be.
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Palinkasocsi1. In Walt Disney's biography I have read that he was a : "News Butcher". What does a news butcher do?
This is an expression I have never heard. Here is a quote that explains it:

"Walt Disney’s love of railroads went back to his teens when he worked as a news butcher selling popcorn, soft drinks, peanuts and fru
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Actually, a news butcher would sell newspapers, while a candy butcher would sell candy and other snacks. Here's a link to one discussion of these terms (scroll down a bit; I think it's the third entry):

http://www.word-detective.com/050404.html
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