Paperhanger

//ˈpeɪpəhæŋə// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who puts wallpaper on walls.

    "No one in the street was aware than an Austrian paperhanger named Shickelgruber, and calling himself Hitler, had been arrested in Munich and thrown into jail."

  2. 2
    one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper wordnet
  3. 3
    A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist. slang
  4. 4
    someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money wordnet

Synonyms

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paperersnide pitcher

Example

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"No one in the street was aware than an Austrian paperhanger named Shickelgruber, and calling himself Hitler, had been arrested in Munich and thrown into jail."

Etymology

From paper + hanger.

Related phrases

busy as a one-armed paperhangercon artistcon man

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