paperhanger

Applies wall coverings

A paperhanger is someone who applies wallpaper professionally.

The term also has slang meanings: a person who passes bad checks The paperhanger worked three states before getting caught, or in older usage, a incompetent or bungling person.

The wallpaper sense remains primary in everyday speech.

tradesperson

paste

Thick sticky substance

trimming · sizing · brushes · installation · overlap · underlayer · steamer · scraper · roller · ladder

counterfeiter

counterfeit

Fraudulent imitation

bills · fraud · passing · bogus · phony · notes · printing · detection · criminal · racket

decorator

pattern

Recurring arrangement or template

aesthetics · motif · finish · vinyl · fabric · grasscloth · damask · flock · toile · chinoiserie

Categories
Opposites
wall covering method

paperhangerpainter

One who applies pigment

house painter · muralist · plasterer · spray painter · whitewasher

surface treatment approach

paperhangerpaint stripper

Chemical that dissolves finishes

construction vs. deconstruction

paperhangerstripper

Removes coatings or clothing

Family

paperhanging, paperhangers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G