paperboy

American  

[pey-per-boi] / ˈpeɪ pərˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a youth or man who sells newspapers on the street or delivers them to homes; newsboy.

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paperboy British  

/ ˈpeɪpəˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a boy employed to deliver newspapers, magazines, etc

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Other Word Forms

• papergirl
  noun

Etymology

Origin of paperboy

First recorded in 1875–80; paper + boy

Example Sentences

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paperboy

The rules were originally imposed by judges in the case of the men wrongly convicted of the murder of paperboy Carl Bridgewater in 1978.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023

To help support his passions, Leonard worked multiple odd jobs, including teriyaki delivery person, window washer, paperboy, glass cutter and climbing guide.

From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022

The game that his young paperboy read about in the newspaper came after a string of seven draws in which Fischer skillfully parried Spassky’s attempts to cut into his three-point lead.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2022

Sheinkin begins his story in June 1953 with 13-year-old Jimmy Bozart, a Brooklyn paperboy who happens upon a piece of Soviet tradecraft, a hollow nickel containing an encrypted message.

From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021

He was dressed in his usual Henry Huggins style, like a 1950s paperboy.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez