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garreteer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɡæɹəˈtɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From garret + -eer.

Meanings

1. One who lives in a garret.
2. (derogatory) A poor author; a literary hack.
   • a stupid and ignorant Grub Street garreteer 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
   • He had a stable of writers at his disposal, his garreteers, given entry to the prison and always at the ready to put a prisoner's story to paper. 2014, Aaron Skirboll, The Thief-Taker Hangings, page 165:

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