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ˈpaper-ˌstainer
[stainer, f. stain v.]
1. One who stains or colours paper. Humorously used for an author, esp. an inferior author.
1596Nashe Saffron Walden Wks. (Grosart) III. 42 Let anie man but finde mee meate and drinke..while I am playing the paper stainer. 1771Gentl. Mag. XLI. 201 The whole tribe of Paper-stainers, from the sleek Divine, to the more active Devil at the Printing Office. 1887Pall Mall G. 10 Sept. 3/1 The..author..lacks something of the true poet, but rises far above the mere purposeless paper-stainer.
2. A maker of paper-hangings.
1756Mounsey in Phil. Trans. L. 19 Mr. Butler, a paper-stainer, trying to make some discoveries for the better fixing of colours. 1819P.O. Lond. Direct. 353 Vincent & Co., Paper-stainers. 1902Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 4/3 The wife of a paper-stainer. |