"paperhanger" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpeɪpɚhæŋɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-paperhanger.ogg [Australia] Forms: paperhangers [plural]
Etymology: paper + hanger Etymology templates: {{compound|en|paper|hanger}} paper + hanger Head templates: {{en-noun}} paperhanger (plural paperhangers)
  1. Someone who puts wallpaper on walls. Translations (someone who puts wallpaper on walls): tapetář [masculine] (Czech), tapetářka [feminine] (Czech), tapetserer [common-gender] (Danish), Tapezierer [masculine] (German), Tapeziererin [feminine] (German), páipéaróir [masculine] (Irish), tapetar [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-paperhanger-en-noun-WI0I3kkL Disambiguation of 'someone who puts wallpaper on walls': 93 7
  2. (slang) A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (slang: a con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist): escroc [masculine] (Romanian), șarlatan [masculine] (Romanian), фальшивомонетчик (falʹšivomonetčik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-paperhanger-en-noun-e5-mvemS Disambiguation of Occupations: 29 71 Disambiguation of People: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'slang: a con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hang paper

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