billposter

[ bil-poh-ster ]

/ ˈbɪlˌpoʊ stər /

a person who posts bills and advertisements.

Also called bill·stick·er

[bil-stik-er] /ˈbɪlˌstɪk ər/.

Origin of billposter

First recorded in 1860–65; bill¹ + poster¹

bill·post·ing, bill·stick·ing, noun

I say there isn't any work more honorable than bill-sticking.

Felix Holt, The Radical |George Eliot
I embraced the opportunity of asking how many divisions the art and mystery of bill-sticking comprised?

Reprinted Pieces |Charles Dickens
He's a man in the bill-sticking business and he owns to a grievance against the person we know.

Dark Hollow |Anna Katherine Green
He was a Transome's man, come to see after the bill-sticking in Transome's interest.

Felix Holt, The Radical |George Eliot

The bill-sticking clause was got into the Police Act by a member of Parliament that employed me at his election.

Reprinted Pieces |Charles Dickens

billposter

/ (ˈbɪlˌpəʊstə) /

a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc

billposting or billsticking, noun