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Definition of "billposter" []

  • One that posts notices, posters, or advertisements. Also called billsticker. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "billposter" in a sentence
  • "Where child size mannequins to represent children suffering neglect were placed in high traffic locations around the city and then a billposter was pasted over the top of the figure so only the feet and legs could be seen."
  • "Young Andersen, who by making acquaintance with the billposter was allowed to witness the performances from behind the scenes, decided at once that he was cut out to be an actor."
  • "Marie was cook, housemaid, valet, mother, doctor, and any number of things beside to Knight; just as in the village across the stream where she lived -- or rather slept o 'nights -- she was billposter, bell-ringer, and town crier, to say nothing of her being the mother of eleven children, all her own -- Knight being the adopted twelfth."
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