paperhanging

IPA: pˈeɪpɝhæŋɪŋ

(uncountable) The trade of hanging wallpaper on walls.
(countable) Wallpaper.
(uncountable, slang) The illegal activities of a paperhanger; counterfeiting fraud.

Examples of "paperhanging" in Sentences

Slyme was doing the paperhanging piecework -- so much for each roll hung.
"Now, Taney, which is it to be, paperhanging or --," and James Harrison pointed to the button.
My plasterers and plumbers are gone; and my bricklayers and carpenters going; and I have now only painting and paperhanging to endure for a week or two longer. ...
He undertook painting, glazing, paperhanging, and even tiling roofs, and I can remember his running about for three days to find tilers for the sake of a paltry job.
Don't just ask if there is work - ask 'Are there jobs for electricians with 5 years experience?' or 'I have a degree in paperhanging, will this be recognised there?'
He watched Joanna do plumbing repairs, and in Pickax he had supervised Pete Parrott's paperhanging and Mr. O'Dell's window washing and carpet cleaning, as well as Qwilleran's pecking on the typewriter.
He was intimate with all the paperhanging in the house; saw things that no one else saw in the patterns; found out miniature tigers and lions running up the bedroom walls, and squinting faces leering in the squares and diamonds of the floor-cloth.
He was intimate with all the paperhanging in the house; saw things that no one else saw in the patterns; found out miniature tigers and lions running up the bedroom walls, and squinting faces leering in the squares and diamonds of the floor – cloth.