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HACK WRITER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hack writer mean?
• HACK WRITER (noun)
The noun HACK WRITER has 1 sense:
1. a mediocre and disdained writer
Familiarity information: HACK WRITER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mediocre and disdained writer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
hack; hack writer; literary hack
Hypernyms ("hack writer" is a kind of...):
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Holonyms ("hack writer" is a member of...):
Grub Street (the world of literary hacks)
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