paperhanger

/pey-per-hang-er/US // ˈpeɪ pərˌhæŋ ər //UK // (ˈpeɪpəˌhæŋə) //

挂纸机,挂纸架,挂纸器,吊车

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person whose job is covering walls with wallpaper.
- : Slang. a person who passes worthless checks.

as incounterfeiter

Synonyms

Since ancient times, proud craftspeople have signed their work, from masons who chiseled cryptic runes into stone to paperhangers who penciled details on bare plaster.
As soon as the puppies were bestowed on the porch, in the sunshine, for their morning nap, he telephoned to the local paperhanger.
And it was the same at the little paperhanger's shop where Theophilus had ordered some pieces of Morris wall-paper for his room.
Just now, he was, as he himself put it, "as busy as a one-armed paperhanger with the hives."
By the time the attic was cleared and the paperhanger at work, she had forgotten the matter.
You can 'ave a pair of paperhanger's tressels and boards for that matter.'