Dictionary

paperhanger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpeɪpɚhæŋɚ/ (General-American)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From paper + hanger.

Meanings

1. Someone who puts wallpaper on walls.
   • No one in the street was aware than an Austrian paperhanger named Shickelgruber, and calling himself Hitler, had been arrested in Munich and thrown into jail. 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon, published 2001, page 61:
2. (slang) A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist.

Forms

Deriveds

busy as a one-armed paperhanger

Relateds

hang paper

Synonyms

snide pitcher

Translations (11)

de Tapeziererin (someone who puts wallpaper on walls) · de Tapezierer (someone who puts wallpaper on walls) · cs tapetář (someone who puts wallpaper on walls) · ga páipéaróir (someone who puts wallpaper on walls) · ro tapetar (someone who puts wallpaper on walls) · ru фальшивомонетчик (slang: a con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist) · cs tapetářka (someone who puts wallpaper on walls) · ko 도배공 (someone who puts wallpaper on walls) · ro escroc (slang: a con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist) · ro șarlatan (slang: a con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist) · da tapetserer (someone who puts wallpaper on walls)