billposter
Americannoun
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Origin of billposter
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At one point he took a job as a billposter.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I may be a poor apology as a billposter, but as a diplomat I'm a winner, Billy."
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Edgar B. P. Darlington
"Am I a billposter or am I not a billposter, Billy?"
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Edgar B. P. Darlington
Paste cans were loaded into the wagons, brushes and pails, together with the paper that had been carefully laid out and counted, the night before, for each billposter.
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Edgar B. P. Darlington
Any boards not owned by a billposter, or a barn or a pigpen or a henhouse on the road is called a 'daub.'
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Edgar B. P. Darlington
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