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Penny-a-liner

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who supplies writing to public journals for a set fee per line of text; a poor writer for hire; a hack. dated, derogatory

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

Etymology

From penny-a-line + -er.

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