paper route
Carrier's morning path
A paper route is a regular path followed to deliver newspapers to subscribers' homes, or the job of making such deliveries.
Traditionally a first job for adolescents, who would ride bicycles in early morning hours: He got a paper route when he was twelve.
The term evokes youthful responsibility and earning one's own money.
Pedal-powered two-wheeler
- porchCovered entryway structure
- doorstepEntrance's bottom ledge
- drivewayPrivate residential road
- mailboxContainer for delivered mail
subscriber · carrier · toss · rubber band · plastic sleeve · walkway · front yard · stoop
First hours of day
- dawnDay's first glow
- predawnBefore daybreak hours
- alarm clockTimed sleep-ender
- weekdayNon-weekend calendar day
weekend edition · schedule · consistency · rain or shine · punctuality · daily · regularity · waking up
Consistent, predictable performance
- dependabilityConsistent trustworthy nature
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- work ethicDedication to doing one's job
discipline · trustworthiness · duty · obligation · punctuality · maturity · character-building · independence
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- after-schoolFollowing final bell
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- earningsMoney gained from work
- part-timeLimited work schedule
first job · pocket money · tips · collections · customer · weekly pay · summer job · independence
Heritage artifacts or music
- suburbiaResidential areas outside cities
- small townModest rural settlement
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
1950s · tradition · simpler times · boyhood · childhood · classic · bygone · hometown
bicycle
Pedal-powered two-wheeler
mailbox · subscriber · carrier · toss · rubber band · plastic sleeve · walkway · front yard · stoop · wagon
early morning
First hours of day
- dawnDay's first glow
- predawnBefore daybreak hours
- alarm clockTimed sleep-ender
weekday · weekend edition · schedule · consistency · rain or shine · punctuality · daily · regularity · waking up · quiet streets
reliability
Consistent, predictable performance
- dependabilityConsistent trustworthy nature
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
work ethic · discipline · trustworthiness · duty · obligation · punctuality · maturity · character-building · independence · self-reliance
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- after-schoolFollowing final bell
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- earningsMoney gained from work
first job · part-time · pocket money · tips · collections · customer · weekly pay · summer job · independence · spending money
Americana
Heritage artifacts or music
- suburbiaResidential areas outside cities
- small townModest rural settlement
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
coming-of-age · 1950s · tradition · simpler times · boyhood · childhood · classic · bygone · hometown · front porch
- news medianews agency, documentary, article, news photo, newscast
- Pre-digitalrotary phone, telegram, telegraph, typewriter, phone booth
- routesroad, path, highway, freeway, trail
- boys in filmcoming-of-age, boyhood, young hero, street kids, newsboys
- newspaper deliverypaperboy, paperboys, papergirl, delivery bags, delivery bag
- newspaper worldcolumnists, front page, byline, newsprint, broadsheet