literary hack

/ˌlɪdəˈrɛri hæk/
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Other forms: literary hacks

Definitions of literary hack
  1. noun
    a mediocre and disdained writer
    synonyms: hack, hack writer
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    type of:
    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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