hackney writer
hackney writer noun: a writer for hire.
Noun
hackney writer (plural hackney writers)
- A writer for hire.
- […] he learned, that Justice Gobble, whose father was a tailor, had for some time served as a journeyman hosier in London, where he had picked up some law terms, by conversing with hackney writers and attorneys’ clerks of the lowest order; […]1760, Tobias Smollet, The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
- […] and at this his first entrance on the world he found, as he himself said, no choice but to be a hackney writer or a hackney coachman.1910, G. M. Godden, Henry Fielding: A Memoir
- Synonyms:
- penny-a-liner
Synonyms of hackney writer
Forms of hackney writer
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Questions about hackney writer
- What does hackney writer mean?
- Hackney writer means a writer for hire.
- What part of speech is hackney writer?
- Hackney writer is a noun.
- What is the plural of hackney writer?
- The plural of hackney writer is hackney writers.
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