paper stainer en · NOUN
Meanings
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(archaic) A printer who makes patterned wallpaper.
"All the north is seething," said Gerard. "We must contrive to agitate the metropolis," said Maclast, a shrewd carroty-haired paper-stainer.
1845, B[enjamin] Disraeli, chapter VIII, in Sybil; or The Two Nations. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, book V, page 101:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paper stainers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |