paperhanger

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

I suggested that we go over in the corner and ask God to send us a paperhanger and while we were praying a man came into the mission.

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

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

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You have to do so many kinds of work in examples, that it's hard to remember whether you're a farmer or a paperhanger.

From The Cinder Pond by Rankin, Carroll Watson