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  • noun A man who delivers newspapers

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Examples

  • The paperman made play of settling his papers, huffling and humphing in that irritating consumptive way.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • Mr. Mack was on the blow of plucking them in his fingers when the paperman coughed—“Squeeze me”—coughed into his—“Squeeze me peas, Sergeant”—coughed into his sleeve.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • The paperman made play of settling his papers, huffling and humphing in that irritating consumptive way.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • Mr. Mack was on the blow of plucking them in his fingers when the paperman coughed—“Squeeze me”—coughed into his—“Squeeze me peas, Sergeant”—coughed into his sleeve.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • My friend probably toiled much harder than the paperman, and was the least arrogant of mortals.

    Americans and Others Agnes Repplier 1904

  • Labels: emma stone, jeff daniels, Kieran Culkin, paperman, Ryan Reynolds add to del. icio.us saved by 0 users

    Irish Blogs FlicksNews.net 2010

  • Labels: emma stone, jeff daniels, Kieran Culkin, paperman, Ryan Reynolds add to del. icio.us saved by 0 users

    Irish Blogs FlicksNews.net 2010

  • Labels: emma stone, jeff daniels, Kieran Culkin, paperman, Ryan Reynolds add to del. icio.us saved by 0 users

    Irish Blogs FlicksNews.net 2010

  • Passion, great seeing you in class tonight …. sans homework … bad, bad, girl … and what you sent isn't quite complete but I will give you another chance … or two, or three multi, you have the most interesting variety of stories imaginable … we so enjoy the sharing. paperman …. and what would you do with that straight line??

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2009

  • Glory be, I hope she didn’t think—his Irish Times dropped by his side—Would she ever have mistook me for the paperman, do you think?

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

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