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発音

• IPA: /ˈskɹɪbələ(ɹ)/, /ˈskɹɪblə(ɹ)/

名詞

scribbler (plural scribblers)

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

   Synonyms: hack, inkslinger, phrasemonger, scrawler

   • 1726, George Granville, Epilogue to the Jew of Venice:

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

   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "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?"

   • 2020 December 25, Chris Van Dusen, “Diamond of the First Water”, in Bridgerton, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Anthony Bridgerton:

     You speak as if Lady Whistledown were to be held in higher regard than Her Majesty the Queen herself. You give far too much credit to some anonymous scribbler.

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

   Synonyms: notebook, exercise book

派生語

• scribbleress