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scribbling

scribbling is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The act or process of carding coarsely. Scribbing machine, the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler.
  2. 2.Writing hastily or poorly. Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith.
  3. 3.The act of writing hastily or idly.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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