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papered the house

papered the house is the simple past and past participle of paper the house.

Meaning of paper the house

Verb

paper the house (third-person singular simple present papers the house, present participle papering the house, simple past and past participle papered the house)

  1. (dated, slang) To give away free tickets to a theater performance etc. so as to ensure a sizeable audience.
    Synonyms:
    paper

Questions about papered the house

What is papered the house the simple past and past participle of?
Papered the house is the simple past and past participle of paper the house.

Words near papered the house in the dictionary

  1. papercut
  2. papercuts
  3. papercutting
  4. papered
  5. papered over
  6. papered the house
  7. paperer
  8. paperers
  9. paperflower
  10. paperflowers
  11. paperfolding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: papered the house (page history and authors); paper the house (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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