1. a person whose job is to apply wallpaper to walls
2. a person who passes bad checks or forged documents
Usage: slang; criminal context

Examples

• The paperhanger finished decorating the dining room in two days.
• We hired a professional paperhanger to install the new wallpaper.
• The paperhanger carefully measured each wall before cutting the paper.
• My grandfather worked as a paperhanger for thirty years.
• The police arrested the paperhanger who had been writing bad checks all over town.
• The bank teller was trained to spot paperhangers and their forged documents.