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penny-a-liner

noun

Etymology

From penny-a-line + -er.

Definitions

  1. One who supplies writing to public journals for a set fee per line of text

    One who supplies writing to public journals for a set fee per line of text; a poor writer for hire; a hack.

    • […] (a dozen years ago he was not even a penny-a-liner: no such luck); […]

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