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LITERARY HACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does literary hack mean? 

LITERARY HACK (noun)
  The noun LITERARY HACK has 1 sense:

1. a mediocre and disdained writerplay

  Familiarity information: LITERARY HACK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LITERARY HACK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mediocre and disdained writer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hack; hack writer; literary hack

Hypernyms ("literary hack" is a kind of...):

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Holonyms ("literary hack" is a member of...):

Grub Street (the world of literary hacks)


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