pulpeteer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who writes pulp magazines or novels.
Example Sentences
- "This is just as true of the Nobel prize winners as it is of the rambling pulpeteers. It is noteworthy that few writers choose to live in the bosom of their dear public."
- "An old pulpeteer friend of mine, the late Stephen Payne of Denver, once said that in the classic western the heroine is often chased, but always chaste."
- "Western and romance writers, adventure and sports pulpeteers, also worked for a half cent to two cents a word and knew that when the magazines went off sale their work would never be seen by a nonrelative or nonlover again."