Paperboy is an English word with synonyms like deliveryman or deliverer. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Paperboy meaning
A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.
Synonyms of Paperboy
Using Paperboy
- The main meaning on this page is: A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.
- Useful related words include: deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer.
Context around Paperboy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Paperboy
- In this selection, "paperboy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, baltimore, riding, sold, throwing and directed stand out and add context to how "paperboy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a baltimore paperboy sold newspapers and as a paperboy and also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "paperboy" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with paperboy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nevertheless, the bicycle-riding paperboy throwing dream was dead. (9 words)
Zac and Nicole teamed up for the 2012 film The Paperboy, directed by Lee Daniels. (15 words)
Herb made his first $$ as a 'paperboy' in East Weymouth & he never threw anything away! (15 words)
He brought in some money as a paperboy and also by finding discarded food and selling it to restaurants, but it was not enough to keep his mother from prostitution. (30 words)
A Baltimore paperboy sold newspapers on the cities and streetcars of Baltimore in 1914, likely for 1 or 2 cents each. (21 words)
Charlie McNary became a paperboy while also working on farms and orchards to help provide for his family. (18 words)
Herb made his first $$ as a 'paperboy' in East Weymouth & he never threw anything away! (15 words)
Example sentences (7)
A Baltimore paperboy sold newspapers on the cities and streetcars of Baltimore in 1914, likely for 1 or 2 cents each.
Nevertheless, the bicycle-riding paperboy throwing dream was dead.
Zac and Nicole teamed up for the 2012 film The Paperboy, directed by Lee Daniels.
Charlie McNary became a paperboy while also working on farms and orchards to help provide for his family.
I actually used to be a paperboy on that very road in Norwich," a second said.
Herb made his first $$ as a 'paperboy' in East Weymouth & he never threw anything away!
He brought in some money as a paperboy and also by finding discarded food and selling it to restaurants, but it was not enough to keep his mother from prostitution.