Usually means: Writer paid per line written.
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  1. penny-a-liner: Merriam-Webster
  2. penny-a-liner, penny-a-liner: Collins English Dictionary
  3. penny-a-liner: Wordnik
  4. penny-a-liner: Wiktionary
  5. penny-a-liner: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Penny-a-liner, penny-a-liner: Dictionary.com
  7. Penny-a-liner: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. penny-a-liner: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Penny-a-liner: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. Penny-a-liner: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. penny-a-liner: FreeDictionary.org
  12. penny-a-liner: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (penny-a-liner)

noun:  (derogatory, dated) One who supplies writing to public journals for a set fee per line of text; a poor writer for hire; a hack.

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