billsticker en · NOUN
Etymology
From bill + sticker.
Meanings
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Someone who sticks up advertisements on billboards, walls, and similar surfaces.
Who's that with you? I saw him a few times in the Bleeding Horse in Camden street with Boylan the billsticker. You might put in a good word for us to get me taken on there. I'd carry a sandwichboard only the girl in the office told me they're full up for the next three weeks, man.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 574:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| billstickers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
ota اعلانجی (someone who sticks up advertisements) · eo afiŝisto (someone who sticks up advertisements) · it attacchino (someone who sticks up advertisements) · de Plakatkleber (someone who sticks up advertisements) · pl afiszer (someone who sticks up advertisements) · ru раскле́йщик (someone who sticks up advertisements) · fr afficheur (someone who sticks up advertisements)