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Dictionary definition of “eveninger”

eveninger

n. a newspaper published for evening distribution, or an edition of such a newspaper. Subjects: ,
Editorial Note: This term is now common only in Anglophone Asia.
Citations: 1944 AP @ Madrid, Spain Chicago Daily Tribune (Mar. 5) “Germans Dry Up A Golden Oasis in Monte Carlo” p. 4: Here is what the Eveninger Madrid’s correspondent reports of the gloomy last night of Monte Carlo. 1965 AP @ Budapest, Hungary Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Dec. 9) “Hungary exports cowboy blue jeans” p. 20: The Budapest Eveninger Esti Hirlap said the last consignment of an important order from Lebanon had just been routed to Szeged, a south Hungarian town. 1982 Xinhua (China) (Jan. 12) “Iranian Deputy Industrial Minister Shot Wounded” (in Tehran, Iran): Hojjatoleslam Hassan Monfared, deputy industrial minister of iran, was the target of a new assassination attempt and narrowly escaped here yesterday, according to eveningers here today. 1996 Business Today (India) (July 22) “Credibility Crisis” p. 130: That was the day when the managing director of Coltex India, a subsidiary of the New York-based Coltex Inc., had picked up the copy of Mumbai’s leading eveninger kept in his car to read on his way home from work—as had been his practice for years—with the screaming headline: bis Ordered To Probe Ingredients Used By Cleentooth. 2005 Meghdoot Sharon @ Ahmedabad Business Standard (India) (Feb. 24) “Sambhaav to hit city stands in tabloid avataar on March 12”: Two vernacular eveningers in the form of broadsheet, Western Times and Aajkal are already existing in the Ahmedabad market and Aajkal reportedly has a wider circulation than Western Times. 

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