house painter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of house painter
First recorded in 1680–90
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In 1835, an unemployed house painter named Richard Lawrence tried to assassinate President Jackson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He struggled to find steady work as a house painter after his employer died several years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
Born Sidney Liebowitz in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn, Lawrence was the son of a Jewish cantor who worked as a house painter.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Which famous artwork was stolen in 1911 by an Italian house painter named Vincenzo Peruggia?
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2024
How he wished that he had been a scientist, instead of a house painter in Stillwater, so that he might have joined some of the great Polar expeditions.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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