newshen
English
Etymology
news + hen
Noun
newshen (plural newshens)
- A female investigative reporter.
- 1954, Juan F. Villasanta, Dateline Korea: Stories of the Philippine Battalion, page 164:
- Tuding Guinto, the first Filipino newshen to see the Korean front, had the usual curiosity of a person with a nose for news.
- 2001, Dan Jenkins, Fast Copy: A Novel, page 152:
- This is not the Texas coming out. It's the newshen coming out.
- 2010, Rex Stout, The Doorbell Rang, page 60:
- She had also refused to talk to reporters, but a newshen from the Post had finally got enough out of her for a spread, making some fur fly at the Gazette.
See also
- newshound