scribbler

noun scrib·bler \ ˈskri-b(ə-)lər \

Definition of scribbler

1 : one that scribbles

2 : a minor or insignificant author

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Examples of scribbler in a Sentence

My wife's a banker, but I'm just a scribbler who writes for the newspaper.

Recent Examples of scribbler from the Web

The era of the Vie Romantique was a time of romantic firebrands, idealistic scribblers and the muses they so often, if so briefly, loved.

— tara isabella burton, WSJ, "Paris’s Most Decadent Era—and Where to Recreate It," 19 Sep. 2017
Gissing presents us with a gallery of striving scribblers for whom daily existence in 19th-century London is yet another iteration of the new world of industrial labor.

— scott spencer, WSJ, "Scott Spencer," 7 July 2017
At times certainly; that’s an occupational hazard, and not the worst one, for scribblers advising the Prince.

— john o'sullivan, National Review, "Did William F. Buckley’s Conservative Project End in Failure?," 20 July 2017
Those are just some of viewers' favorite TV shows that could be affected if the Writers Guild of America — the scribblers who script the hilarity and drama of TV — go on strike starting May 2.

— bill keveney, USA TODAY, "Here's how a Writers Guild strike could affect your favorite TV shows," 25 Apr. 2017
The PenAgain�s odd shape reduces hand cramps and calluses by encouraging scribblers to extend their fingers instead of curling them.

— sonia zjawinski, WIRED, "Fetish," 1 Nov. 2002

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