Scribbling
['skrɪbl]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scribble
(n.) The act or process of carding coarsely.
(a.) Writing hastily or poorly.
(n.) The act of writing hastily or idly.
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Examples
- And there must be no letter-scribbling to your cousin Hortense--no intercourse whatever. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She had been surprised, smiling, and scribbling Mr. Franklin's name inside her workbox. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I am almost certain that it is trash; but I will be still more assured, lest the mania of scribbling should in some moment of poverty attack me again. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Very,' said Lowten, scribbling his name on the doorpost with his pen, and rubbing it out again with the feather. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I did all I could to dissuade him from it, but he continued scribbling verses till Pope cured him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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