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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top. transitive

   ""And you bought the house?" "Well, it was re-papered and painted and fumigated, and done up outside.""

Example

More examples

"The decorator's coming at 9 a.m. tomorrow to repaper the living room."

Etymology

From re- + paper.

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