Grub Street
noun
a street in London, England: formerly inhabited by many impoverished minor writers and literary hacks; now called Milton Street.
petty and needy authors, or literary hacks, collectively.
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Grub Street
noun
a former street in London frequented by literary hacks and needy authors
the world or class of literary hacks, etc
adjective Also: 'Grubˌstreet
(sometimes not capital)
relating to or characteristic of hack literature