Papering

She should have abandoned the idea of papering her walls, and retained our talented friend, Stanwood Pelgram, to paint them, instead. ❋ Alden Charles Noble (N/A)

After an October tryout in Stamford and a New York opening of still doubtful reception, when the production hung between life and death and all the well-known exigencies of oxygen were applied in the form of "papering" the house with two weeks of free tickets, press-agenting, _et al. _, the public decided to like it. ❋ Fannie Hurst (1928)

"I can say for sure is that no one is 'papering' the store," they wrote. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Indeed, the first attempts at "papering" over the cracks in recent months have proved disappointing, on an aesthetic level as well as on a practical level. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The practice of "papering" a house, the common term for filling seats through a dash of patronage, is nothing new. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have not heard any of this but I do know from experience that "papering" a bill can eventually lead to it's demise. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Audience Extras is a trusted source of "papering" (i.e. providing additional audience to shows when needed) for producers in the New York area.

Doesn't mass exposure of non-felonious frailty, which sometimes involves mental illness, tell young persons that the world is full of people ready to disparage others at the drop of a hat while papering over their own faults? ❋ Kathleen Reardon (2011)

But, like all of his classmates, Will made up for that by papering the inside of his locker with steamy glossies of Pamela Anderson, supermodels Christie Brinkley and Claudia Schiffer, and—of course—the Barbi twins. ❋ Christopher Andersen (2011)

But the first papering over was when large numbers of women went into paid work, starting in the late 1970s and 1980s, in order to prop up family incomes that were stagnating or dropping because male wages were under siege -- from globalization, technological change, and the decline of unions. ❋ Robert Reich (2011)

Only when this coping mechanism was exhausted, and when housing prices started to climb, did Americans shift to credit cards and home equity loans as a means of papering over the new harsh reality of an economy that was working for a minority at the top but not for most of the middle class. ❋ Robert Reich (2011)

The grand lie that depression sustains itself on is that the pleasure principle is a base deceiver, that we are only “papering over” the reality of permanent suffering, incurable trauma, with ephemeral pretences of consolation. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

C'mon, there's no sustainable recovery going on here, just a ton of Keynesian deficit spending and Fed printing that is papering over the same problems that we had a year ago. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Demonstrators have been clogging the building's halls, papering its marble walls with anti-Walker placards and leading rallies in its rotunda. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Since I have a [research paper] due [tomorrow], I will [spend] the entire night papering. ❋ OHcaptain (2007)

Example #1: Person 1: *fucks* Person 2: *moans* Person 1: *finishes* Example #2: Ira: GOOOOOOOOO HARRRRRDER!!!! *humps* Tak: *pushes harder* (writing seems darker) If I go any harder, I might have to [sharpen my pencil] soon! Ira: I DON'T CARE! KEEP GOING HARDER!!! I LIKE THE BOLD PRINT, [BABEH]! Example #3: Random Person 1: Hey, [sexeh]! You wanna go papering later? Random Person 2: Sure thing, baby! Just let me go get some more paper, I have a feeling this might be a long one. ❋ Punk_kit_kat (2007)

I [gotta] get [the paper], the paper ❋ Alberto Luna (2004)

man,I caught this [gun] case,and [I'm on] paper already for that [dope] case...i'm doing some time on this one ❋ 40 Bunk (2006)

"I [take that] papuh." -CJ [stealing] some [dough] ❋ Dave (2004)

Say [dog], lets smoke, [naw] man im on papers. still? how much longer? [six] months.. ❋ Nigga Agafg (2009)

Guy: Wana smoke man? Person: Nah, I can't man im still on papers Guy: Thought you [got off] that [last month]? Person: Nope, still got a coulpe more months Guy: [Sorry bro] ❋ Are All The Names Taken? (2010)

When you [got that] much paper you gotta [hold it down]." - [Prodigy] "Stuck On You" ❋ FlyAway (2011)

"the [figures] [look right] on paper, but I think its gonna cost a little more than a [g-note] to open a club!" ❋ Bungalow Bill (2005)

[aha]! my paper [beat] your [rock]! ❋ Iamthelead (2005)