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penny-a-liner
ˌpenny-a-liner [f. as penny-a-line a. + -er1.] A writer for a newspaper or journal who is paid at a penny a line, or at a low rate (usually implying one who manufactures ‘paragraphs’, or writes in an inflated style so as to cover as much space as possible); a poor or inferior writer for hire; a hack... Oxford English Dictionary
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penny-a-line
ˈpenny-a-ˈline, a. [The phrase (a) penny a line used attrib.] Of writing or a writer: Paid at the rate of a penny a line; of cheap and superficial literary quality. (Cf. penny-a-liner.)1833 Westm. Rev. XVIII. 199 The penny-a-line men are generally persons who are by no means qualified to report comm... Oxford English Dictionary
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Charlie Spares
Spares was born in 1917 in Upton-upon-Severn, and became apprentice jockey to trainer Len Cundell at Chilton, Berkshire, riding his first victory on Penny-a-Liner wikipedia.org
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penny-a-lineism
ˌpenny-a-ˈlineism [f. penny-a-line a. + -ism.] The practice of writing in the inflated style of a penny-a-liner; an instance of such writing.1854 Punch 25 Nov. 208/2 That renowned traveller and Protestant champion [sc. the Editor of the Morning Advertiser] has accepted the appointment of Regius Prof... Oxford English Dictionary
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Stephen Bartlett Lakeman
An account of the formation of the Waterkloof Rangers appears in the historical novel Shark Alley: The Memoirs of a Penny-a-Liner by Stephen Carver. wikipedia.org
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The Sunny South (play)
Claptrap and pistol shots are always sufficient to capture the mob . . . any person with some knowledge of the stage, able to write penny-a-liner paragraphs wikipedia.org
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journalese
journalese colloq. (dʒɜːnəˈliːz) [f. journal n. + -ese.] The style of language supposed to be characteristic of public journals; ‘newspaper’ or ‘penny-a-liner's’ English.1882 Pall Mall G. 6 Apr. 2/1 Translated from ‘Journalese’ into plain English. 1893 Athenæum 30 Dec. 901 It is sad..to find [him] g... Oxford English Dictionary
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William Harrison Ainsworth
Ainsworth also appears as a character in the historical novel Shark Alley: The Memoirs of a Penny-a-Liner by Stephen Carver (2016), in which the Newgate wikipedia.org
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perdue
▪ I. perdu, perdue, a. and n. (pəˈdjuː, ˈpɜːdjuː, ‖ pɛrdy) (Also 7 pur-due; par-, perdieu, -dew.) [a. F. perdu ‘lost, perished; forlorne, past hope of recouerie, cast away’ etc. (Cotgr.); app. originally introduced in the Fr. military phrase sentinelle perdue, and so usually spelt perdue; in later t... Oxford English Dictionary
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Chartism
Chartism (1999), short textbook online Carver, Stephen, Shark Alley: The Memoirs of a Penny-a-Liner (2016), a creative non-fiction account of the life wikipedia.org
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liner
▪ I. liner1 (ˈlaɪnə(r)) [f. line v.1] 1. One who lines or fits a lining to anything.1611 Florio, Foderáro,..a liner. 1881 Census Instr. (1885) 74 Straw Hat and Bonnet Making:..Liner. Ibid. 78 Furrier, Working... Liner. 1887 Pall Mall G. 7 Sept. 7/2 William Glover, a bucket liner, was thrown forward ... Oxford English Dictionary
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creeper
creeper (ˈkriːpə(r)) Forms: 1 créopere, 4–6 creper(e, 6 crepar, 6– creeper. [f. creep v. + -er.] 1. a. One who creeps. (In quot. 1883, a child too young to walk.)a 1000 Glostr. Frag. 12. 17 (Bosw.) Seo ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum and mid creopera sceamelum. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 101 Crep... Oxford English Dictionary
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century
▪ I. century (ˈsɛntjʊərɪ) Also 6–7 -ie. [a. F. centurie or ad. L. centuria, an assemblage or division of one hundred things, a company of 100 men, one of the 193 orders into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman people.] 1. a. Rom. Hist. A division of the Roman army, constituting half of a maniple... Oxford English Dictionary
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seven
▪ I. seven, a. and n. (ˈsɛv(ə)n) Forms: α. 1–2 seofon, -en, (1 seofan, -un, siofun, sibun, sifun, sufon, syfan, -on, 2 soven), 2–3 seoven, (Ormin se(o)ffne, se(o)fenn), 2, 5 sefen, 3 seovene, seofne, 3–5 sevene, 4 sefne, seyven, 4–5 seyvyn, sevon, sevyan, 4–6 sevin, -enne, ceven(e, -yn, 5–6 sevyne, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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