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PENNY-A-LINER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PENNY-A-LINER is a hack writer or journalist. www.merriam-webster.com
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penny-a-liner - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
penny-a-liner (plural penny-a-liners). (derogatory, dated) One who supplies writing to public journals for a set fee per line of text; a poor writer for ... en.wiktionary.org
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PENNY-A-LINER definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Rare a hack writer or journalist.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video. www.collinsdictionary.com
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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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The penny-a-liner - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
obsolete A mediocre writer; a hack. Refers to the former practice of hiring such writers and paying them by the line. If the papers finally pay enough to ... idioms.thefreedictionary.com
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PENNY-A-LINER - 10 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English
penny-a-liner · WRITER · HACK. Synonyms. hack · scribbler · grubstreet writer. Synonyms for penny-a-liner from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised ... dictionary.cambridge.org
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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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penny-a-liner, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the noun penny-a-liner is in the 1820s. OED's earliest evidence for penny-a-liner is from 1828, in Dublin Evening Mail. www.oed.com
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PENNY-A-LINER Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun. Chiefly British Archaic. a hack writer. penny-a-liner. noun. rare, a hack writer or journalist. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged ... www.dictionary.com
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PENNY-A-LINERS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PENNY-A-LINER is a hack writer or journalist. www.merriam-webster.com
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[PDF] penny a liner - Victorian Research Web
-THE PENNY-A-LINER. For ourselves, we were not long in adopting the duties of a Penny-a-liner in our younger day, when slack weeks were almost, though not ... www.victorianresearch.org
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THE PENNY-A-LINER. - The New York Times
Society journals and writers in magazines are fond of poking weak fun at him in connection with newspaper blunders, sensational paragraphs, and many of the ... www.nytimes.com
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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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