paperhanger
Syllables: pa·per·hang·erUK/ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/US/ˈpeɪpɚhæŋɚ/
paperhanger noun: someone who puts wallpaper on walls.
Noun
paperhanger (plural paperhangers)
- 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
- A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist.
- Synonyms:
- snide pitcher
paperhanger meaning in Bengali
paperhanger in Bengali
- দেয়ালে ওয়ালপেপার লাগানো ব্যক্তি
Synonyms of paperhanger
Forms of paperhanger
| plural | paperhangers |
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Origin of paperhanger
From paper + hanger.
Words formed from paperhanger
Questions about paperhanger
- What does paperhanger mean?
- Paperhanger means someone who puts wallpaper on walls.
- What is paperhanger in Bengali?
- Paperhanger in Bengali is দেয়ালে ওয়ালপেপার লাগানো ব্যক্তি. See Paperhanger meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is paperhanger?
- Paperhanger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce paperhanger?
- Paperhanger is pronounced /ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of paperhanger?
- The plural of paperhanger is paperhangers.
Words near paperhanger in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: paperhanger (page history and authors); paperhanger (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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