Paper hanger — can refer to:* Paper hanger (wallpapering), a tradesman who applies wallpaper to a wall * Cheque fraud, the unlawful use of cheques * Paper hanger (Mundelein s speech), given by Cardinal George Mundelein regarding Adolf Hitler before World War II … Wikipedia
Paper hanger — Paper Pa per (p[=a] p[ e]r), n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. pa pyros. Cf. {Papyrus}.] 1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
paper hanger — A slang expression for someone who writes bad checks. Category: Criminal Law Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 … Law dictionary
paper hanger — paper hanger, or pa|per|hang|er «PAY puhr HANG uhr», noun. a person whose business is to cover walls with wallpaper … Useful english dictionary
paper-hanger — n. someone who tries to pass bad checks. (Underworld. See also paper; paper pusher.) □ The cops caught the paper hanger red handed. □ He’s wanted as a paper hanger in four states … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Paper hanger (Mundelein's speech) — Hitler as paper hanger (ad hominem attack)= In his Paper hanger talk to 500 priests of his Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, at the Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, in Chicago, Illinois, on May 18,1937, Cardinal George Mundelein made … Wikipedia
paper-hanger — n American a passer of dud cheques and/or counter feit money in the jargon of the under world and police … Contemporary slang
paper hanger — (American and Canadian Slang) counterfeiter … English contemporary dictionary
paper-hanger — … Useful english dictionary
Paper — Pa per (p[=a] p[ e]r), n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. pa pyros. Cf. {Papyrus}.] 1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
