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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Inland Hospital (SI), Division Property and internal service invites competition for the conclusion of a framework agreement with the contractor for the delivery of mission at the health company~s various departments on offer areas of electrical, painting / paper hanger and pipe / sanitation.

Services electrical, painting paper hanger, pipe / sanitation to SIHF

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

Football: Dinning serves up treat for Lee; WOLVES 2 BARNSLEY 0

We're busier than a one-armed paper hanger,'' quipped Valerie Hammer, the manager of the Boulder Creek Nursery that owns the Christmas Decor franchise in Porterville.

DECKING THE HALLS WITH PROFIT; VALLEY POOL SUPPLIER TURNS SEASONAL HOUSE DECORATOR

He was also a self employed painter and paper hanger.

Raymond E. Quimby, Sr., 80

As for real-world experience, he's also a father of five with a schedule that could make the proverbial one-armed paper hanger in a windstorm look like a slacker.

Eating well, losing weight is a family affair, doctor says

Originally designed and signalled for 600 or 700 trains per day, the two signalmen on duty on my last visit were working like one-armed paper hangers fitting over 1,300 trains a day into cramped and crowded platforms.

Forget a 'facelift' and build a new station; Lord Peter Snape, former Labour MP for West Bromwich East, ex-railway signalman and one-time chairman of Travel West Midlands, hits out at "ludicrous" plans for Birmingham's New Street Statio

A mechanic who tries to install a new rear soft door on a HMMWV by himself has a lot in common with one-armed paper hangers.

Do away with draggin' doors

And specialist work has been carried out by real craftsmen including stone cutters from Derbyshire and Italy and paper hangers from London who have worked at Windsor Castle.