garreteer
noun/ˌɡæɹəˈtɪə(ɹ)/
Etymology From garret + -eer.
1
One who lives in a garret.
2
Derogatory A poor author; a literary hack.
- a stupid and ignorant Grub Street garreteer1849–1861, 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: