Paperboy

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.

    "Our current paperboy does a nicely consistent job of throwing the paper onto the porch. Our old paperboy sometimes would fling it into the bushes!"

  2. 2
    a boy who sells or delivers newspapers wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
newsboynewsboynewspaperboy

Example

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"I heard in the movie "The Paperboy": "I'm going to retire." "You're not tired yet. How can you retire?""

Etymology

From paper + boy.

Related phrases

paper round

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