wuxtry

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wuxtry

  1. (dated, slang or dialect) Alternative form of extra (“the cry of a newspaper-seller”)
    • 1915, Elizabeth W. Champney, Romance of Old Belgium, from Cæsar to Kaiser, page 407:
      Then outside my humble dwelling / Comes a strident brazen call, / "Wuxtry, Wuxtry!" / hear the yell, / "Two more churches shot to hell!"
    • 1940, R. L. Goldman, The Snatch, page 108:
      When I got to the corner, I heard the boy calling "Wuxtry". He was walking slowly down the side street, pausing to hand out papers to people who came out of their houses.
    • 1969, Waters Edward Turpin, These low grounds, page 337:
      Wuxtry! Wuxtry! Negro threatened by lynch mob!
    • 1994, Kurt Busiek, Marvels: Book One, page 6:
      Wuxtry! Wuxtry! Read all about blazing man of fire!
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