paper hanger

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paper hanger

n. slang for a person who criminally writes and cashes "bad" checks on accounts he/she either does not have or which have no money in them. (See: fraud, forgery)

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Scope of quantity or scope: Framework agreement on paper hanger and painter services to Inland Hospital Reinsvoll and Gurgaon.

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If you want to hit the nail on the head and keep the students as busy as a one-armed paper hanger, use idioms to help teach semantic principles.

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Announcement of competition: Provision of construction services electrical, painting paper hanger, pipe / sanitation to SIHF

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George loved working with his hands and became a master floor coverer, painter and wall paper hanger. He enjoyed traveling, deer hunting, chopping wood, going to Foxwoods, and telling jokes.

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He worked as a painter and paper hanger and was an owner of Carlson & Strand Painting.

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Miller flapped like a demented paper hanger and the ball drifted for Carl Robinson to poke in.