penny-a-liner

pen·ny-a-lin·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pen-ee ey lahy-ner]
- /ˈpɛn i eɪ ˈlaɪ nər/
- /ˈpeni ə ˈlaɪ.nər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pen-ee ey lahy-ner]
- /ˈpɛn i eɪ ˈlaɪ nər/

Definitions of penny-a-liner word

noun penny-a-liner a hack writer. 1
noun penny-a-liner a hack writer or journalist 0

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Origin of penny-a-liner

First appearance:

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

1825-35; penny-a-line (of writing) paid for at the rate of a penny per line + -er1

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Parts of speech for Penny-a-liner

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Penny-a-liner

penny-a-liner popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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