scribbler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scribbler
    n 1: informal terms for journalists [syn: {scribe}, {scribbler},
         {penman}]
    2: a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read [syn:
       {scrawler}, {scribbler}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scribbler \Scrib"bler\, n.
   One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation;
   a literary hack.
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         The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine.
                                                  --Granville.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scribbler \Scrib"bler\, n.
   A scribbling machine.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scribbling \Scrib"bling\, n. [See 1st {Scribble}.]
   The act or process of carding coarsely.
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   {Scribbling machine}, the machine used for the first carding
      of wool or other fiber; -- called also {scribbler}.
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from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

SCRIBBLER, n.  A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to
one's own.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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