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Paperhanger

noun
1.
Someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money.
2.
One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper.  Synonym: paperer.





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"Paperhanger" Quotes from Famous Books



... a man gets hold iv a large hatful iv money, wan iv th' first things he does is to buy some art. Up to th' time whin th' top blew off th' stock market, he bought his art out iv th' front window iv a news an' station'ry shop or had it put in be th' paperhanger. He took th' Sundah pa-apers that ar-re a gr-reat help if ye're collectin' art, an' he had some pitchers iv fruit that looks nachral enough to ate, d'ye mind, a paintin' iv a deer like th' wan he shot at in th' Manotowish counthry in ...
— Observations by Mr. Dooley • Finley Peter Dunne


Words linked to "Paperhanger" :   artificer, counterfeiter, paperer, artisan, colloquialism, craftsman, journeyman, forger


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