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paperhanger

[ pey-per-hang-er ]

noun

  1. a person whose job is covering walls with wallpaper.
  2. Slang. a person who passes worthless checks.


paperhanger

/ ˈpeɪpəˌhæŋə /

noun

  1. a person who hangs wallpaper as an occupation
  2. slang.
    a counterfeiter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈpaperˌhanging, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of paperhanger1

First recorded in 1790–1800; paper + hanger
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Example Sentences

Since ancient times, proud craftspeople have signed their work, from masons who chiseled cryptic runes into stone to paperhangers who penciled details on bare plaster.

He was a painter and paperhanger by trade.

For two weeks carpenters, plumbers, and whitewashers, followed by paperhangers and upholsterers, had been at work in the former palace of the Stadholder.

A loose end of rope swinging from the paperhanger’s ladder caught her eye.

So she drove the painters and paperhangers and upholsterers almost wild, and had the happiness of seeing the beautiful room all settled and in order two days before Mrs. Breen was expected.

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