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Answer for the clue "Interior decorator's hiree ", 11 letters:
paperhanger

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Word definitions for paperhanger in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone who puts wallpaper on walls. 2 (context slang English) A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
paperer \pa"per*er\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*[~e]r), paperhanger \pa"per*hang`er\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*h[a^ ng]`[~e]r),n. One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper [syn: paperer ]

Usage examples of paperhanger.

You get born a walnut, what chance you ever have of turning into a paper frog when the old cosmic paperhanger says jump?

Busy as a one-armed paperhanger with the itch, if you know what I mean.

As soon as painters, plasterers, and paperhangers were out of the way, Grail and Thyrza went to the house to decide what furniture it would be necessary to buy.