penny-a-liner

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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); […]

词形变化

penny-a-liners plural

词源

From penny-a-line + -er.
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