noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The trade of hanging wallpaper on walls. uncountable
2. 2
   the application of wallpaper wordnet
3. 3
   Wallpaper. countable
4. 4
   The illegal activities of a paperhanger; counterfeiting fraud. slang, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

paperingpapering

Etymology

From paper + hanging.

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