scribbler
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scribbler1
First recorded in 1545–55; scribble 1 + -er 1
Origin of scribbler2
First recorded in 1675–85; scribble 2 + -er 1
Example Sentences
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On the final page of “The Snakes That Ate Florida,” Mr. Frazier invokes another great scribbler, E.B.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
One was chaotic and constantly bickering: Natalie Lee, the mellow yet goofy consultant whose love language is sarcasm, and Shayne Jansen, an extremely energetic real estate agent/notebook scribbler who covets validation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2022
It’s a good thing, then, that I’m a critic in a city that, in any given season, has a smorgasbord of works by that old Elizabethan scribbler.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2022
WSG Artistic Director Bill Largess turns in a particularly creaky performance as Sims, a world-famous scribbler who is in Hollywood to contribute to a movie adaptation of his work.
From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2018
He is a miserable scribbler, that is what he is, always stringing abominable verses together; and the more one tries to make him understand it, the more madly he insists upon rushing into rhyme.
From Success and How He Won It by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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