paperhanger

English

/ˈpeɪpəhæŋə/, /ˈpeɪpɚhæŋɚ/

noun

Definitions

Someone who puts wallpaper on walls.
(slang) A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist.

Etymology

Compound from English paper + English hanger.

Origin

English

hanger

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

adpaper English
apehanger English
artpaper English
byhanger English
cliffhanger English
crapehanger English
crepehanger English
curlpaper English
doorhanger English
e-paper English
endpaper English
ferropaper English
flypaper English
glasspaper English
goalhanger English
hang English
hanger English
hanger steak English
hangerless English
newspaper English
nonpaper English
notepaper English
oilpaper English
onhanger English
paper English
paper clay English
paper cut English
paperback English
paperbacked English
paperbag English
paperbark English
paperboard English
paperbound English
paperboy English
paperbush English
paperchase English
papercraft English
papercrete English
papercutting English
paperer English
paperflower English
papergirl English
paperhanging English
paperhood English
paperish English
paperknife English
paperless English
paperlike English
papermaker English
papermaking English
paperman English
papermouth English
papern English
paperphile English
paperphilia English
papershell English
paperware English
paperweight English
paperwhite English
paperwoman English
paperwork English
paperworks English
papery English
photopaper English
pothanger English
repaper English
sandpaper English
spoil-paper English
straphanger English
tarpaper English
telepaper English
unpaper English
wallpaper English
wastepaper English
workpaper English
papȳrus Latin
paper Spanish, Castilian
ハンガー Japanese
ペーパー Japanese
hanger Middle English
paper Middle English
hanger Cebuano
pàipear Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
iphepha Zulu
peba Marshallese
iphepha Xhosa
pepa Tok Pisin
pepa Hawaiian
liphepha Swati
pepa Maori