Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A worthless or careless writing; scribble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A scribble.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A
scribble ; bad or hasty writing.
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Examples
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The end of all scribblement is to amuse, and he certainly succeeds there.
Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854
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The end of all scribblement is to amuse, and he certainly succeeds there.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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"This scrambling scribblement is resumed this morning, because I have just seen the President: who had sent to me very courteously asking me to make my own appointment.
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844
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