Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A girl who sells or delivers newspapers.
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- noun UK a girl who delivers newspapers, a female
paperboy
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Examples
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Sometimes we talked about our old family house on Grand Avenue because she knew that that house held the best memories for me, like when I was a papergirl for the Glenwood Post and I would go home after school, roll my newspapers and load them into a newspaper bag that wrapped around the handlebars of my 12-Speed bike.
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories Kim Doose Post Independent Glenwood Springs 2010
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In Girl #3, her first novel for young adults, Ottawa author Nichole McGill tells the tale of a 14-year-old papergirl who finds peace and predators, stalkers and ghosts in a Toronto ravine.
CanCult.ca 2009
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In Girl #3, her first novel for young adults, Ottawa author Nichole McGill tells the tale of a 14-year-old papergirl who finds peace and predators, stalkers and ghosts in a Toronto ravine.
CanCult.ca 2009
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In Girl #3, her first novel for young adults, Ottawa author Nichole McGill tells the tale of a 14-year-old papergirl who finds peace and predators, stalkers and ghosts in a Toronto ravine.
CanCult.ca 2009
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In Girl #3, her first novel for young adults, Ottawa author Nichole McGill tells the tale of a 14-year-old papergirl who finds peace and predators, stalkers and ghosts in a Toronto ravine.
CanCult.ca 2009
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