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Definition of Paperhanger

1. Noun. Someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money.

2. Noun. One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper.

Definition of Paperhanger

1. Noun. Someone who puts wallpaper on walls. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paperhanger

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paperhanger

paperboys paperbush paperchase paperclip paperclips papercraft papercrafts papercrete papercut papercuts

papered paperer paperers papergirl papergirls paperhanger (current term) paperhangers paperhanging paperhangings paperhood

paperier paperiest paperiness paperinesses papering paperings paperknife paperknives paperless paperless office

Literary usage of Paperhanger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dilapidations: A Text-book for Architects and Surveyors in Tabulated Form by Banister Fletcher (1883)
"paperhanger. Paper, if loose or torn or much soiled. Where the papering is hung on canvas and the canvas is torn, the canvas must be first restored. ..."

2. The Boston Directory (1862)
"Augustus E. paperhanger, 377 Wash. b. [Salem [h. 14 Lindall pi. Medford Tainter Alfred B. 8 ... Charles C. paperhanger, b. W. Lenox, n. I First and Second, ..."

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