PAPERHANGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paperhanger mean? 

• PAPERHANGER (noun)
  The noun PAPERHANGER has 2 senses:

1. someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money

2. one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper

  Familiarity information: PAPERHANGER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPERHANGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("paperhanger" is a kind of...):

counterfeiter; forger (someone who makes copies illegally)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

paperer; paperhanger

Hypernyms ("paperhanger" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)