Sentence:  "I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold <WSD>papers</WSD> in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal.nb...." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).