paperhanger
Americannoun
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a person whose job is covering walls with wallpaper.
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Slang. a person who passes worthless checks.
noun
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a person who hangs wallpaper as an occupation
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slang a counterfeiter
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Origin of paperhanger
Example Sentences
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He is as busy as the classic one-armed paperhanger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Benjamin Twaddle, a 66-year-old paperhanger from Lynn, was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston four years ago, with advanced cancer of the prostate which had spread widely through his body.
From Time Magazine Archive
A young girl said her paperhanger husband had a hard time finding a job because of paper-mill shutdowns.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had come to office just 33 days after Adolf Hitler, the Austrian paperhanger, had taken over Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was finished by the following night, for no paperhanger could have had the heart to linger over his work with so many anxious eyes following every movement.
From Dandelion Cottage by Rankin, Carroll Watson
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