A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
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ORDER XXIII.—COMMERCIAL, FINANCE, AND INSURANCE OCCUPATIONS (excluding Clerks)

Sub-order 1.—Commercial Occupations

778.—Newspaper Sellers



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newsboy, newspaper boy
sells newspapers in streets, or delivers newspapers for retail newsagent (770) (q.v.) at customers' houses.
newspaper seller, news vendor (street)
stands at a fixed place in street selling newspapers.

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From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016.   This text is in the Public Domain.