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paperboy:
(also ‘newsboy‘; plural: ‘paperboys‘; female: ‘papergirl‘; pronunciation: ‘paper…boy’)
a boy or a young man who delivers newspapers at people’s homes every morning or evening as a job,
e.g.
Most famous people of today were paperboys when they were young.
Most boys and some girls of yesteryears used to buy things they liked, such as bicycles, radios, music instruments, etc., with the money they earned as paperboys/papergirls.
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