paperhanger

Example Sentences

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He is as busy as the classic one-armed paperhanger.

From Time Magazine Archive

Benjamin Twaddle, a 66-year-old paperhanger from Lynn, was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston four years ago, with advanced cancer of the prostate which had spread widely through his body.

From Time Magazine Archive

In lieu of payment for the paperhanging job, Hance worked out a reconciliation between the paperhanger and his estranged wife.

From Time Magazine Archive

A young girl said her paperhanger husband had a hard time finding a job because of paper-mill shutdowns.

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Just now, he was, as he himself put it, "as busy as a one-armed paperhanger with the hives."

From Bert Wilson on the Gridiron by Duffield, J. W.