Meanings
nounpaperhanger (plural paperhangers)
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 - slangA con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist.
Synonyms: snide pitcher
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist.
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Translations
Czech tapetář, tapetářka
- tapetářsomeone who puts wallpaper on walls
- tapetářkasomeone who puts wallpaper on walls
Danish tapetserer
- tapetserersomeone who puts wallpaper on walls
German Tapezierer, Tapeziererin
- Tapezierersomeone who puts wallpaper on walls
- Tapeziererinsomeone who puts wallpaper on walls
Irish páipéaróir
- páipéaróirsomeone who puts wallpaper on walls
Korean 도배공
- 도배공 (dobaegong)someone who puts wallpaper on walls
Romanian tapetar, escroc
- tapetarsomeone who puts wallpaper on walls
- escrocslang: a con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist
- șarlatanslang: a con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist
Russian фальшивомонетчик
- фальшивомонетчик (falʹšivomonetčik)slang: a con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist
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paperhanger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperhanger
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“paperhanger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperhanger. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paperhanger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperhanger.
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