Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that posts notices, posters, or advertisements.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One whose business it is to post up bills and advertisements. Also called
bill-sticker .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who posts
handbills orposters in public places.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
Etymologies
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Examples
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Where child size mannequins to represent children suffering neglect were placed in high traffic locations around the city and then a billposter was pasted over the top of the figure so only the feet and legs could be seen.
Archive 2009-04-01 Red 2009
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Where child size mannequins to represent children suffering neglect were placed in high traffic locations around the city and then a billposter was pasted over the top of the figure so only the feet and legs could be seen.
Australian Childhood Foundation Red 2009
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Young Andersen, who by making acquaintance with the billposter was allowed to witness the performances from behind the scenes, decided at once that he was cut out to be an actor.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Marie was cook, housemaid, valet, mother, doctor, and any number of things beside to Knight; just as in the village across the stream where she lived -- or rather slept o 'nights -- she was billposter, bell-ringer, and town crier, to say nothing of her being the mother of eleven children, all her own -- Knight being the adopted twelfth.
The Man In The High-Water Boots 1909 Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876
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The mannequins were placed in high traffic locations around the city and then a billposter was pasted over the top of the figure so only the feet and legs could be seen.
I Believe in Advertising | Only selected advertising | Advertising Blog & Community tugce balim 2009
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