billstickers

They paste advertisements

Billstickers are people who paste up posters or advertisements on walls, fences, and billboards.

The term dates from when advertising meant physical paper plastered in public spaces.

Billstickers will be prosecuted was a common warning on blank walls.

The singular billsticker refers to one such person.

advertising

placards

Signs carried at demonstrations

circulars · broadsheets · bulletins · broadsides · announcements · publicity · campaigns · promotions · marketing · branding

streetart

wheatpaste

Starch-based adhesive

graffiti · stencil · tagging · stickup · brickwall · alleyway · lamppost · hoarding · billboard · kiosk

historical

broadside

Fierce written assault

proclamation · circular · pamphlet · leaflet · newsboy · posting · showbills · victorian

illegal

trespassing

Unauthorized presence on property

prohibited · fine · penalty · outlawed · contravention · forbidden · illicit · offense · lawbreaking · noncompliant

Opposites
creation vs. distribution

billstickersgraphic designers

Creators of visual media

copywriters · art directors · creative directors · illustrators · brand managers

posting vs. removing

billstickersstreet cleaners

Those who clean roads

sanitation workers

Family

bill, stick, bills, sticker, posters, stickered, stickering

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G