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ˈpaper-ˌhanger
1. A person whose business it is to cover or decorate the walls of rooms, etc., with paper-hangings.
1796M. Edgeworth Parent's Assistant (ed. 2) 164 A new carpenter and paper-hanger..were appointed. 1809–12M. Edgeworth Vivian xii, The vulgar present, full of upholsterers and paper-hangers,..pressed upon his attention with importunate claims. 1901J. Black's Carp. & Build., Home Handicr. 42 It is more general to pass the paperhanger's brush down it first and follow this by applying a paperhanger's roller. 1969New Yorker 12 Apr. 80/2 ‘We'll be as busy as one-armed paperhangers,’ says Lind. 1975Ibid. 21 Apr. 95/1 According to some twenty separate lists that were obtained from underwriters' manuals..occupations that various insurance companies consider to be grounds for rejection of applications for auto insurance, or acceptance only after careful study or on a restricted basis, included those of..paperhangers,..sports coaches and assistants, travelling salesmen,..and doctors.
2. slang (orig. U.S.). One who passes forged or fraudulent cheques; a forger.
1914Jackson & Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 101 Whoever thoughtlessly leaves his check book in accessible places incurs the jeopardy of..personal loss, seeing that ‘paper hangers’ are vigilant in the search for these. 1938Detective Fiction Weekly 23 Apr. 73/1 Next to the con man is the ‘paperhanger’ or a ‘writer of sad, short stories’, these terms referring to a forger. 1941J. G. Brandon Death in Quarry xiii. 126 ‘Paper-hanger,’ McCarthy echoed. ‘That's a new one on me, William.’ ‘Passin' the snide, sir,’ Withers informed him. ‘Passing flash paper. Bank of Elegance stuff.’ 1945L. Shelly Jive Talk Dict. 31 Paper hanger, one who deals in counterfeit money. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 457/4 A legendary confidence man and ‘paperhanger’ (described as ‘a criminal who specialises in hanging, or passing on stolen or counterfeit securities on brokerage houses, insurance companies, and individuals’). |