a person who hires himself or herself out to do any kind of literary work; (hence) a writer producing dull, unoriginal work, esp. to order.
| 单词 | θ230179 |
| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > hack (10) hack writer1711 a person who hires himself or herself out to do any kind of literary work; (hence) a writer producing dull, unoriginal work, esp. to order. garreteer1720 One who lives in a garret; esp. an impecunious author or literary hack. hack authora1734 In sense 4a, as hack author, hack reviewer, hack journalist, etc. hack1798 Originally: a person who may be hired to do any kind of work as required; a drudge, a lackey (cf. hackney, n. 2). In later use: spec. a person who… truckster1843 A base trafficker; cf. truck, v.1 3. hodman1849 figurative. A mechanical worker in literature, a literary hack. ghost1881 A person who does work on behalf of another person who is publicly credited; esp. a ghostwriter. Cf. ghostwriter, n. devil1888 A person employed by an author or writer to do subordinate parts of his or her literary work under direction. More generally: any person who does… deviller1893 Originally Law slang. A person employed to carry out research or other professional work for someone else, esp. a lawyer or author; = devil, n. 8. ghostwriter1908 A person who writes an article, book, etc., for another person, under whose name it is then published. Cf. ghost, n. 12. |
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