paperhanger

[ pey-per-hang-er ]

/ ˈpeɪ pərˌhæŋ ər /

a person whose job is covering walls with wallpaper.

Slang. a person who passes worthless checks.

Origin of paperhanger

First recorded in 1790–1800; paper + hanger

By the time the attic was cleared and the paperhanger at work, she had forgotten the matter.

Regiment of Women |Clemence Dane
You can 'ave a pair of paperhanger's tressels and boards for that matter.'

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |Robert Tressell
Though strictly a paperhanger by trade, he could be plasterer too when he liked.

Man and Wife |Wilkie Collins
You have to do so many kinds of work in examples, that it's hard to remember whether you're a farmer or a paperhanger.

The Cinder Pond |Carroll Watson Rankin

Buying rolls of paper at the paperhanger's, she set about papering every closet in the house.

The Manxman |Hall Caine

paperhanger

/ (ˈpeɪpəˌhæŋə) /

a person who hangs wallpaper as an occupation

US slang a counterfeiter

paperhanging, noun