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penny-a-line

penny-a-line adjective: paid at the rate of a penny per line.

Adjective

penny-a-line (not comparable)

  1. Paid at the rate of a penny per line.
  2. Long-winded, verbose; superficial, of little literary value.

penny-a-line meaning in Tamil

penny-a-line in Tamil

எழுத்து வகையில் மேற்போக்கான, மலிந்த தரமான

Words formed from penny-a-line

Questions about penny-a-line

What does penny-a-line mean?
Penny-a-line means paid at the rate of a penny per line.
What is penny-a-line in Tamil?
Penny-a-line in Tamil is எழுத்து வகையில் மேற்போக்கான, மலிந்த தரமான. See Penny-a-line meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is penny-a-line?
Penny-a-line is an adjective.

Words near penny-a-line in the dictionary

  1. penny whistle
  2. penny whistles
  3. penny wisdom
  4. penny wise and pound foolish
  5. penny wise, pound foolish
  6. penny-a-line
  7. penny-a-liner
  8. penny-a-liners
  9. penny-ante
  10. penny-dreadfulish
  11. penny-dreadfulism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penny-a-line (page history and authors); penny-a-line (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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