What does "scribbling" mean?
Scribbling: The act or process of carding coarsely. Scribbing machine, the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler.
Additional senses
- 2.Writing hastily or poorly. Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith.
- 3.The act of writing hastily or idly.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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