penny-a-liner

[ pen-ee-uh-lahy-ner ]

/ ˈpɛn i əˈlaɪ nər /

noun Chiefly British Archaic.

a hack writer.

Origin of penny-a-liner

1825–35; penny-a-line (of writing) paid for at the rate of a penny per line + -er¹

Words nearby penny-a-liner

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvanian, Penn, William, penny, penny-a-liner, penny ante, penny arcade, Penny Black, pennyboy, pennycress

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Example sentences from the Web for penny-a-liner

"Clear enough, I think," said Van, when I raised my eyes from the protracted periods of the penny-a-liner.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847|Various
That aspiration and fervor are now so much the rule that the least penny-a-liner can judge the new poet?
The Journal of Arthur Stirling|Upton Sinclair
The penny-a-liner has long been the butt of a heartless world.
About London|J. Ewing Ritchie
Mr. Hughes speaks, in the style of a penny-a-liner, of Tennyson's "amazing and unparalleled popular influence."
Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote

Motherhood to-day is on the lips of every penny-a-liner, every social patchworker and political climber.
The Social Significance of the Modern Drama|Emma Goldman

British Dictionary definitions for penny-a-liner

penny-a-liner

noun

rare a hack writer or journalist

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单词	penny-a-liner
释义	penny-a-liner [ pen-ee-uh-lahy-ner ] / ˈpɛn i əˈlaɪ nər / noun Chiefly British Archaic. a hack writer. Origin of penny-a-liner 1825–35; penny-a-line (of writing) paid for at the rate of a penny per line + -er¹ Words nearby penny-a-liner Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvanian, Penn, William, penny, penny-a-liner, penny ante, penny arcade, Penny Black, pennyboy, pennycress Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for penny-a-liner "Clear enough, I think," said Van, when I raised my eyes from the protracted periods of the penny-a-liner. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847\|Various That aspiration and fervor are now so much the rule that the least penny-a-liner can judge the new poet? The Journal of Arthur Stirling\|Upton Sinclair The penny-a-liner has long been the butt of a heartless world. About London\|J. Ewing Ritchie Mr. Hughes speaks, in the style of a penny-a-liner, of Tennyson's "amazing and unparalleled popular influence." Flowers of Freethought\|George W. Foote Motherhood to-day is on the lips of every penny-a-liner, every social patchworker and political climber. The Social Significance of the Modern Drama\|Emma Goldman British Dictionary definitions for penny-a-liner penny-a-liner noun rare a hack writer or journalist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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