paperback

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Still, his round takes him about an hour and despite being one of the oldest paperboys, he may also be one of the fastest.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

His prowess at signing customers up for subscriptions earned Phil a trip to an Orioles game with other paperboys.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2022

They’d spend hours at the library, researching Connors’s Irish heritage, the city’s homeless paperboys or the work of artists like Mark Rothko.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022

After all, these were white, middle-class, Midwestern paperboys snatched from their supposedly secure surroundings.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2021

Tony-winning Disney musical based on the 1992 film about paperboys who go on strike in turn-of-the-last-century New York.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2016