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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  Scribbler \Scrib"bler\, n.
     A scribbling machine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

















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