Examples of paperboy in a Sentence
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The original card was collected by a 16-year-old paperboy in Baltimore named Archibald Davis.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023
However, his first job around the age of 14 was as a paperboy delivering morning copies of The San Diego Union newspaper on his bike.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
The Bay Area native, a former Chronicle paperboy, has worked at The Chronicle since 2000.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2023
The exec asked his paperboy where he was headed.
—Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 9 June 2021
The cheery bell of the paperboy.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 20 May 2022
In this movie, Christian Bale stars as a paperboy who leads the newsboy strike of 1899.
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Jan. 2023
More than 60 years passed from when Mr. Thomas first folded a newspaper to toss on a porch as a paperboy to his retirement from the newsroom, in 2005.
—Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2022
The neighborhood paperboy, 12-year-old Edward Vernon, is bribed by the husband of the other shooting victim to go to the police.
—Joey Morona, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2022
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023
However, his first job around the age of 14 was as a paperboy delivering morning copies of The San Diego Union newspaper on his bike.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
The Bay Area native, a former Chronicle paperboy, has worked at The Chronicle since 2000.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2023
The exec asked his paperboy where he was headed.
—Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 9 June 2021
The cheery bell of the paperboy.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 20 May 2022
In this movie, Christian Bale stars as a paperboy who leads the newsboy strike of 1899.
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Jan. 2023
More than 60 years passed from when Mr. Thomas first folded a newspaper to toss on a porch as a paperboy to his retirement from the newsroom, in 2005.
—Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2022
The neighborhood paperboy, 12-year-old Edward Vernon, is bribed by the husband of the other shooting victim to go to the police.
—Joey Morona, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2022
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First Known Use
1876, in the meaning defined above
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“Paperboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paperboy. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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