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scribbler

noun

  1. machine used in the carding process in the textile industry, consisting of several rollers covered in wires, which separate and clean fibres
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Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪbələ(ɹ)/ / /ˈskɹɪblə(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English scribble English -er English scribbler From scribble + -er.

  1. One who scribbles; a hasty or untalented writer or artist.

    The scribbler, pinch'd with hunger, writes to dine.

    "That's what I have been talking to you, sir - scientific gibberish! Did you think you could match cunning with me - you with your walnut of a brain? You think you are omnipotent, you infernal scribblers, don't you? That your praise can make a man and your blame can break him?"

  2. A machine for coarse carding or teasing of wool.
  3. A ruled notebook or exercise book, especially in grade school.