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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scribbler \Scrib"bler\, noun One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack.
The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine. --Granville.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scribbler \Scrib"bler\, noun A scribbling machine.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scribbling \Scrib"bling\, noun [See 1st {Scribble}.] The act or process of carding coarsely.
{Scribbling machine}, the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also {scribbler}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
scribbler
noun
1: informal terms for journalists [syn: {scribe}, {penman}]
2: a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read [syn: {scrawler}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "scribbler": amanuensis, calligrapher, chirographer, clerk, copier, copyist, hack, ink spiller, inkslinger, letterer, literary hack, pen, pencil driver, penman, penner, penny-a-liner, potboiler, recording secretary, scribe, scrivener, secretary, transcriber, word-slinger, writer
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
SCRIBBLER, noun A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.
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