wuxtry

wuxtry

English

Interjection

wuxtry

1. (dated, slang or dialectal) 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!