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Wallpapering

 [wawl-pey-per]  

wall·pa·per

   [wawl-pey-per]
noun
1.
paper, usually with printed decorative patterns in color, for pasting on and covering the walls or ceilings of rooms, hallways, etc.
2.
any fabric, foil, vinyl material, etc., used as a wall or ceiling covering.
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verb (used with object)
3.
to put wallpaper on (a wall, ceiling, etc.) or to furnish (a room, house, etc.) with wallpaper.

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Origin:
1820–30; wall + paper
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  1. n.
    worthless checks. (Underworld.) : The feds followed a trail of wallpaper from St. Louis to San Francisco and made the pinch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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