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  • "There's no more wall-papering on the inside and no more painting," says Mr. Dychkewich.

    Log House in Milton 2011

  • In 1990, he closed down his profitable wall-papering business to take a $7-an-hour job at the local newspaper in Brownsville, Texas.

    Death In The Mountains 2008

  • And with Mrs Boffin was a young lady (Miss Bella Wilfer by name) who was better worth staring at, it occurred to Sloppy, than the best of wall-papering.

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • If you do not have solid wall-papering skills, hire a professional to do the work for you.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • If you do not have solid wall-papering skills, hire a professional to do the work for you.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • If you do not have solid wall-papering skills, hire a professional to do the work for you.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • The office was a working room, lit by neon strips and furnished functionally, with a wall-papering of charts and duty rosters.

    In The Frame Francis, Dick 1976

  • It was spring time, house-cleaning and wall-papering time.

    Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden

  • Boffin was a young lady (Miss Bella Wilfer by name) who was better worth staring at, it occurred to Sloppy, than the best of wall-papering.

    Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

  • (And as you can see, we are not done wall-papering their room yet.)

    Three Plus Two 2009

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