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paper stainer

paper stainer noun: a printer who makes patterned wallpaper.

Noun

paper stainer (plural paper stainers)

  1. (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 of paper stainer

pluralpaper stainers

Questions about paper stainer

What does paper stainer mean?
Paper stainer means a printer who makes patterned wallpaper.
What part of speech is paper stainer?
Paper stainer is a noun.
What is the plural of paper stainer?
The plural of paper stainer is paper stainers.

Words near paper stainer in the dictionary

  1. paper snowflake
  2. paper snowflakes
  3. paper son
  4. paper sons
  5. paper spurge
  6. paper stainer
  7. paper stainers
  8. paper streamer
  9. paper streamers
  10. paper street
  11. paper streets

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