Grub Street

noun

1. a street in London, England: formerly inhabited by many impoverished minor writers and literary hacks; now called Milton Street.
2. petty and needy authors, or literary hacks, collectively.

Grub Street

noun

1. a former street in London frequented by literary hacks and needy authors
2. the world or class of literary hacks, etc

adjective

1. sometimes not capital relating to or characteristic of hack literature