billposter

American  

[bil-poh-ster] / ˈbɪlˌpoʊ stər /

noun

1. a person who posts bills and advertisements.

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billposter British  

/ ˈbɪlˌpəʊstə /

noun

1. a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc

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Other Word Forms

• billposting noun
• billsticking noun

Etymology

Origin of billposter

First recorded in 1860–65; bill ¹ + poster ¹

Example Sentences

He had to consider his face in the light of an open warrant of caption, or billposter and placard, of the thoughts which were behind it.

From Project Gutenberg

At one point he took a job as a billposter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marie was cook, housemaid, valet, mother, doctor, and any number of things beside to Knight; just as in the village across the stream where she lived—or rather slept o' nights—she was billposter, bell-ringer, and town crier, to say nothing of her being the mother of eleven children, all her own—Knight being the adopted twelfth.

From Project Gutenberg

“I’d as soon eat billposter’s paste as codfish.”

From Project Gutenberg

The entrance was from the street, through a door in a billposter's hoarding; and on the river not far away the steamboats hooted, and, in windy weather, the floorboards hummed to keep them company.

From Project Gutenberg