Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scribbler"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scribbler \Scrib"bler\, n.
One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation;
a literary hack.

The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine.
--Granville.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scribbler \Scrib"bler\, n.
A scribbling machine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scribbling \Scrib"bling\, n. [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) 1.7 (wn)

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


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