Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The operation of fixing wall-papers or paper-hangings to walls.
- noun plural Paper, either plain or variously ornamented, used for covering and adorning the walls of rooms, etc.: so called because they form a substitute for the earlier hangings of cloth or tapestry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The application of wallpaper to walls for decorative purposes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The trade of
hanging wallpaper onwalls
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the application of wallpaper
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Examples
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He was intimate with all the paperhanging in the house; saw things that no one else saw in the patterns; found out miniature tigers and lions running up the bedroom walls, and squinting faces leering in the squares and diamonds of the floor – cloth.
Dombey and Son 2007
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He watched Joanna do plumbing repairs, and in Pickax he had supervised Pete Parrott's paperhanging and Mr. O'Dell's window washing and carpet cleaning, as well as Qwilleran's pecking on the typewriter.
The Cat Who Went Underground Braun, Lilian Jackson 1989
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"Now, Taney, which is it to be, paperhanging or --," and James Harrison pointed to the button.
Banzai! by Parabellum Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff 1903
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My plasterers and plumbers are gone; and my bricklayers and carpenters going; and I have now only painting and paperhanging to endure for a week or two longer. ...
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Slyme was doing the paperhanging piecework -- so much for each roll hung.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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He undertook painting, glazing, paperhanging, and even tiling roofs, and I can remember his running about for three days to find tilers for the sake of a paltry job.
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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He was intimate with all the paperhanging in the house; saw things that no one else saw in the patterns; found out miniature tigers and lions running up the bedroom walls, and squinting faces leering in the squares and diamonds of the floor-cloth.
Dombey and Son Charles Dickens 1841
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Don't just ask if there is work - ask 'Are there jobs for electricians with 5 years experience?' or 'I have a degree in paperhanging, will this be recognised there?'
EzineArticles 2010
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