newshand

English

Etymology

From news +‎ hand.

Noun

newshand (plural newshands)

1. A journalist.
   • 2008 April 20, William Safire, “In the Tank”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The punditocracy, from ankle-biters to bigfeet, suddenly felt itself caught in a one-sided, enamored state and needed to distance itself from charges of rampant dispensing of what cynical old newshands call “big wet kisses” to a charming fresh face.

Anagrams

• handsewn