paper route

Frequency: 6.05.0 per million words

A job, especially for a child, of delivering newspapers to people's homes.

paperpaper + NOUN

Categories:

route

Examples (10)

  • Many kids have paper routes to earn some extra pocket money.
  • He woke up at 5 a.m. every morning to complete his paper route before school.
  • My very first job as a teenager was a paper route in my neighborhood.
  • She decided to give up her paper route when she started playing high school sports.
  • It usually takes about an hour to finish the entire paper route on a bicycle.
  • The heavy snow made it extremely difficult to deliver the paper route this morning.
  • How much do you typically get paid for managing a weekly paper route?
  • He inherited the paper route from his older brother when he turned twelve.
  • Delivering a paper route taught him the value of hard work and punctuality.
  • Does the local newsagent have any openings for a new paper route this summer?