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Definition of penny a liner - 1 dictionary result

pen⋅ny-a-lin⋅er

[pen-ee-uh-lahy-ner]
–noun Chiefly British Archaic.
a hack writer.

Origin:
1825–35; penny-a-line (of writing) paid for at the rate of a penny per line + -er 1
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