penny-a-liner

English

Etymology

penny-a-line +‎ -er.

Noun

penny-a-liner (plural penny-a-liners)

  1. (derogatory, dated) One who supplies writing to public journals for a set fee per line of text; a poor writer for hire; a hack.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for penny-a-liner in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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