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Definition of Literary hack
1. Noun. A mediocre and disdained writer.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Literary Hack
Literary usage of Literary hack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"The Griffiths and the " Monthly Review/'- Toils of a literary hack.—Rupture with
the Griffiths. AMONG the most cordial of Goldsmith's intimates in London ..."
2. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"Life of a Pedagogue—Kindness to Schoolboys—Pert- ness in Return—Expensive
Charities—The Griffiths and the Monthly Review—Toils of a literary hack —Rupture ..."
3. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"that a sense of humor lies ever at the mercy of a sense of something higher,"
answered the literary hack, promptly. "Um-m," said the cartoonist, ..."
4. Practical Authorship: A Work Designed to Afford Writers an Insight Into by James Knapp Reeve (1910)
"THE literary hack is a sort of all-trades' jack; and in this he has the advantage
... Ever since Goldsmith immortalized the woes of the "literary hack," the ..."
5. Practical Authorship: A Work Designed to Afford Writers an Insight Into by James Knapp Reeve (1905)
"Probably the beginner would be surprised to learn how wide a field the literary
hack, if he is competent, may occupy. Take a score of journals of the day, ..."
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