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plural garreteers
One who lives in a garret. examples
(derogatory) A poor author; a literary hack. quotations examples
a stupid and ignorant Grub Street garreteer
1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
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