paperhanger

Example Sentences

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Since ancient times, proud craftspeople have signed their work, from masons who chiseled cryptic runes into stone to paperhangers who penciled details on bare plaster.

From Washington Post

He was a painter and paperhanger by trade.

From Washington Times

For two weeks carpenters, plumbers, and whitewashers, followed by paperhangers and upholsterers, had been at work in the former palace of the Stadholder.

From Project Gutenberg

A loose end of rope swinging from the paperhanger’s ladder caught her eye.

From Project Gutenberg

So she drove the painters and paperhangers and upholsterers almost wild, and had the happiness of seeing the beautiful room all settled and in order two days before Mrs. Breen was expected.

From Project Gutenberg