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