paperhanger

paper +‎ hanger

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪpɚhæŋɚ/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧per‧hang‧er

paperhanger (plural paperhangers)

1. Someone who puts wallpaper on walls.
   • 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon, published 2001, page 61:

     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.

2. (slang) A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist.

• hang paper