paperhanger
Example Sentences
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In the early 1920s Ausborn fought against the thick-skulled youths lapping up the words of a pallid Austrian paperhanger, but by 1928 he was convinced that Hitler was destroying "everything that was decent in Germany."
From Time Magazine Archive
He had come to office just 33 days after Adolf Hitler, the Austrian paperhanger, had taken over Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Kansas City, Mo., another one-armed paperhanger caught another case of hives.
From Time Magazine Archive
A young girl said her paperhanger husband had a hard time finding a job because of paper-mill shutdowns.
From Time Magazine Archive
A paperhanger studied the wall-paper with a professional eye while he appropriated his cards.
From Leaves from a Field Note-Book by Morgan, John Hartman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
