Definition of "paperhanger" [paperhanger]

• One whose occupation is covering or decorating walls with wallpaper; a paperer. (noun)
• Slang One who passes bad checks. (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.

• "To call a paperhanger in, and so he made some paste."
• "So as far as this one-armed paperhanger is concerned -- no blog, no grand strategist ...."
• "Preposterous as in ‘ I remember the time that I had my Tank’s turret aimed right at the the old paperhanger himself, but Hitler slipped on a banana peel and I missed."