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Purveyor of phony money
Answer for the clue "Purveyor of phony money ", 11 letters:
paperhanger
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Word definitions for paperhanger in dictionaries
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.
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.
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.